Well, it looks like FS or the JAWS teams have more fixing to do.
Earlier versions of JAWS (like 5x) do not appear to have such problems
with the site. Current versions of Window-Eyes don't have a problem
here either. Perhaps I ought to point out that it was the NY Times who
gave out the notice to another blind person who had emailed them about
the problem, and who subsequently forwarded it to a list, from where I
got it and tried out its suggested first remedy. Admittedly, I'm not a
'regular' visitor to or reader of the NY Times; but I read a couple of
articles and navigated successfully around on that occasion.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Montanez" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: I.E. errors when accessing NY Times site
Hi Flor Lynch and Listers,
I changed the Style Sheet Processing to Ignore all and to top level
style
sheets and it still didn't work. I also went to the options of Internet
Explorer and then into accessibility and checked the following:
Ignore colors specified on Web pages, Ignore font styles specified on
Web
pages, and that also didn't work. Not sure what else to do. Very weird
what
is going on. Anyway, thanks to you and all of the other people who
responded to my message!
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] I.E. errors when accessing NY Times site
the following JAWS Technical Support Notice, from Freedom Scientifics'
site, which does apply here, was posted to another list. It seems to
offer a solution which works.
responding (crashes).
Problem:
While using JAWS to read Web pages with cascading style sheets (CSS) in
Internet Explorer, one of the following occurs:
* The browser stops responding (crashes)
* The page unloads
* JAWS does not read all text that is visible on the screen
These problems are often caused by imported cascading style sheets. The
page's style sheet may also cause certain text or information to be
unavailable
to JAWS. Usually this occurs because the page displays text or other
elements at some point after the page loads.
Solution:
JAWS 6.10 allows you to control how style sheets are processed. Do the
following if you experience problems with a particular Web site:
1. In Internet Explorer, press INSERT+V.
2. Use the arrow keys to select "Style Sheet Processing."
3. Press the SPACEBAR to choose "Top Level Style Sheets."
4. Go to the Web page where you were experiencing problems. If the page
is
working correctly with JAWS, you can press INSERT+SHIFT+V and change the
Style
Sheet Processing option to "Top Level Style Sheets" as well. This
applies
the new setting to all pages in the Web site domain. The setting is
saved so
you do not have to change it each time you visit the Web site.
5. If the page still does not read correctly, press INSERT+V, select
"Style
Sheet Processing," and press the SPACEBAR until you choose "Ignore All."
Return
to Web site again and attempt to read the content. The "Ignore All"
setting
suppresses all style sheet information, so certain text attributes,
layout
information, and other details may be unavailable. If this setting
allows
you to read the page correctly, you can press INSERT+SHIFT+V to save it
as
described
in step 4.
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rachel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:19 PM
Subject: I.E. errors when accessing NY Times site
Someone posted to the list recently that they were getting errors from
within I.E. when accessing links from the New York Times daily
newsletter. I get this newsletter, too, but haven't accessed any links
from it in a while. I do, though, sometimes get links to stories on the
Times's Web site from a friend that I usually just access by clicking on
the link in the e-mail. I just got one of these messages and wanted to
read the story; but after bringing up at least part of the page,
presumably
containing the story, I got an error from I.E. and had to close it. I
noticed, just before I got the error, that there was what appeared to be
an
ad on the page that I'd never seen there before. I tried repeatedly to
access the story but couldn't. I'm wondering if the Times has done
something to their site recently that may not work well with JAWS. (I'm
using v6.10.) This happened once before with Citibank's site, and the
solution, until things were fixed, was to temporarily close JAWS until
you
got past a certain screen. I don't know if this is what's going on with
the Times site, but it might be. When I get my next newsletter from
them,
I will attempt to access a story from it and will report my findings to
the
list.
Rachel
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