[jawsscripts] Beta 0.5 of FxMax (extending JAWS support for Firefox)
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: blind-mozilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:24:46 -0500
http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.exe
or .zip (manual install currently necessary on 64-bit Windows)
Recent changes:
Improved the algorithm that creates an url from a partial url and a base
url, thus improving the reliability of the Url Reference command
(Alt+U), Page Urls command (Alt+P), and Linked Urls command (Alt+L).
Added the Tweak Settings command, Alt+Shift+T. This leads to the
about:config dialog of Firefox, where you can adjust advanced or unusual
settings that are not shown in the Tools/Options dialog. Since there is
a risk of inadvertently making a change, Firefox presents a confirmation
button before actually opening the dialog. In that dialog, you can
enter text to filter what settings are shown in the list, e.g., the word
"close" to show only settings containing that word. You may need to
press JAWSKey+Z to turn off the virtual PC cursor in order to navigate
the list of settings with the arrow keys.
One setting to consider changing is called
browser.tabs.warnOnClose
Press Enter to toggle its value to True instead of the default of False.
This can prevent accidentally exiting Firefox after closing the last
open tab. Press Control+W (or Control+F4) to close the about:config dialog.
Added the Jump and Jump Again commands, Control+J and Alt+J, which let
you jump to an item in a list or outline based on text it contains. For
example, the about:config setting mentioned above could also be found by
using Control+J to jump to the first setting containing "close," and
then pressing Alt+J repeatedly until the desired one is found.
Expanded and reorganized the MSAA debugging commands. F12 shows the
object at the active cursor position, as well as its children, if any.
Shift+F12 shows the current object and all its siblings at the same
level. Alt+Shift+F12 shows objects at the parent level of the current
object.
In order to prevent opening problems with some versions of Firefox and
Windows, Split the documentation into two files corresponding to the
script-specific documentation and general Firefox documentation:
FxMax.htm and FirefoxGuide.htm (also .txt versions). Note that
FirefoxGuide.htm may still be too large for some systems, but only
FxMax.htm is opened automatically by the script installer or by the
JAWSKey+H command. Internet Explorer does not seem to have this problem
with large files.
Jamal
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