All:
How new content is displayed when you click on a link depends on your
settings. You can look at the Tools menu in your browser and go to the
options submenu to see where the setting for whether the new content opens
in a new window or in a new tab or in the same window. The exact options
and location varies on which browser you are using. Having said this, some
pages seem to be coded to limit where the new content opens. Sometimes, you
can use the numpad key that is the equivalent of the right mouse button to
see what. In either case, the options may be limited, sometimes by the
coding or because the options are limited -- i.e. press that button and
arrow through the options that are provided through this right mouse
equivalent button. Alternatively, sometimes, the applications button on
the main portion of the standard keyboard can be used to open the list of
options available for a given link.
My experience on using either the right mouse button equivalent or the
applications key doesn't seem to work consistently, so you may need to play
with it a bit.
I have found that the Yahoo.com search site has a problem with opening
links, as has been described . Without having examined the code, I
believe that there is something about the code itself, or something about
the location of the code that causes the screen reader to announce the link
improperly. My recommendation for this problem is to tab to the link
because, I found that arrowing to the link seems to get and convey the
wrong information to the user. Somewhat related is the use of the auto
forms mode -- I do not use it as the default because it means that the user
is navigating the page using the arrows most of the time and thereby the
user will experience the problems I mention with Yahoo more frequently. In
addition, code for some pages can yield ambiguous or confusing information
when the user encounters multiple controls in close proximity, especially
when explicit labeling is not always used.
Re opening web attached files rather than saving them, the user needs to
make sure that the PDF reader and the browser are set * not to open the
file in the browser*. I have had difficulty navigating and reading files
that open in the browser window, so I just avoid it entirely.
I use JAWS, so my comments may not apply to NVDA at this time.
Remember, that some web pages are coded to prevent the user from navigating
the site in certain ways, so we just have to waste time figuring out what
works with those sites. Personally, I tend to avoid those sites unless
there is something special that I want or need there... sometimes,
contacting the site webmaster can get them to make changes.
Stan
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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Pauline Smith
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2018 12:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] 2 things
I have had the issue with links not opening, too. I am also using Win 10
(not sure if it's the Creators update) and Internet Explorer. The screen
reader in my case is NVDA. Links not opening is so frustrating.
Pauline
On 1/3/2018 5:32 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Using Jaws 18.0.4350 and windows 10 creators update 1709, and internet
> explorer 11.
>
> I have 2 things:
>
> 1. Is this just a jaws thing, or do all screen readers have this
> problem, and it's getting worse. When I press enter on a link, jaws
> either goes to the wrong link, or, it doesn't go anywhere, so, you
> have to find the link again and press enter, and that, wastes my time.
>
> 2. I'm finding that more and more, pressing the backspace key does not
> take you back to the previous web page, and many times, when I press
> alt left arrow, it doesn't work either.
>
> Please don't tell me to use google Chrome, because I'd love to, but
> there are still problems with bookmarks, and I cannot download
> anything with it either, because when I click on a file to download it
> in Chrome, it just plays the file, instead of downloading it.
>
> Harry
>
>
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