My experience with the details tab are similar to what Steve describes. 
Accessing the needed details can really be very hit or miss with Jaws.



However,  I think we are starting to make progress here, which is what this 
list is all about.

I'll keep everyone posted, once I get some time to play with the site a bit 
more, and try some of the great suggestions that have been posted.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: QRZ.COM accessibility


>I have no issue with his point about opening the site up.  However, I have
> the following observations:
>
>
> 1.  The page isn't very friendly.  I am a member and did log in.  The
> callsign results aren't demarcated by being on a heading or list.  You 
> need
> to use the screen-find command to conveniently find it.  You can probably
> set a placemarker, but it might have to be dynamic to account for the
> varying ad activity.
>
> 2.  Simple lookups work fine; I have been hit-or-miss on being able to 
> bring
> up the details.  When I look up my call, I invariably get my little
> biographic blurb that I put in when I joined.  Trying to get the detailed
> view that shows my expiration date, grid square, county, etc. is kind of
> hit-or-miss.
>
> The way the site works to get that info is that there are "tabs" for
> biography, Details, Logbook.  If you enter somebody's call, you get the
> biographic view that just shows their address and nothing else unless
> they've written something.
>
> If you enter on the detail tab, it doesn't always refresh the page at 
> least
> with my IE8 and Jaws latest build or with Window Eyes.  It would have been
> better as a straightforward combobox.
>
> What you have to do is treat the tabs almost like a combo box.  In other
> words, if you enter on one of them, it will activate forms mode.  Then 
> arrow
> up or down until you get the right one.  Then press enter to get out of
> forms mode, possibly refresh the page and look for a table that has the
> detailed results.  Because of the way it is coded, the screen reader 
> doesn't
> identify it as a combo box.
>
> As an experiment, I entered my friend Bob's call.  The first time I tried
> this, it ended up on a logbook page that showed his contacts on 144MHz
> sideband with Kd8AJC.  After the second try, I was able to bring up the
> detailed view.  The detailed view is kind of cool, because not only does 
> it
> show the grid square but also shows the path from my location to his, 
> which
> is 57.9 miles at 238 degrees in this case.
>
> 3.  QRZ is the best site as some other database sites don't geocode your
> location info as well.  Some sites used to summarize everything by zip 
> code;
> my code is in two counties and those other sites invariably listed me in 
> the
> wrong county because the largest population in that zipcode resides in 
> Eaton
> rather than Ingham County.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>