[jawsscripts] Re: Beta 0.5 of FxMax (extending JAWS support for Firefox)

  • From: "Donald Marang" <donald.marang@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:26:26 -0500

No, it just closes the browser window.

Don Marang

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From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:29 AM
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Beta 0.5 of FxMax (extending JAWS support for 
Firefox)

> Hi,
> Does IE7/8 warn you when you're about to close the last tab?
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Homme,
> Usability Services,
> Phone: 412-544-1810
>
> Internal recipients,  Read my accessibility blog
>
> "If a green on green tree falls in the forest and you're there, can you 
> see it?"
> "Not unless you have a screen reader." :)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:25 AM
> To: blind-mozilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Beta 0.5 of FxMax (extending JAWS support for 
> Firefox)
>
> 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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