[jawsscripts] Re: Beta of JAWS scripts to maximize Firefox usability
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:20:34 -0500
Hi,
I have not seen a prior message from you on this topic. Can you be as
specific as possible about what problems you are having? Try to give me
a sequence of steps that reproduces a problem.
One guess as to a source of problems is not having the Windows Script
Host installed. Although most Windows computers have this, I have heard
of some that do not. Search microsoft.com for the Windows Script Host
5.6 -- a free download.
Jamal
On 1/21/2010 7:46 AM, Ângelo Miguel wrote:
>
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Yesterday I sent a message on this same subject, but there was no
>> response.
>> I need to work with the scripts listed in the subject, but most of the
>> functionality can not get the results mentioned by the author.
>> I installed the executable file, a version 11 of the jaws, which runs on
>> windows xp.
>> Do I need to install anything else?
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Angelo Abrantes
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Reid"<tom.reid2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To:<jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:52 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Beta of JAWS scripts to maximize Firefox
>> usability
>>
>>
>>> Hi Jamal,
>>>
>>> This sounds really good.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the tremendous work you do.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
>>> Sent: 12 January 2010 22:40
>>> To: blind-mozilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Beta of JAWS scripts to maximize Firefox usability
>>>
>>> Now available at
>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.exe
>>>
>>> or as a zip archive at
>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.zip
>>>
>>> I welcome feedback and suggestions for improving these Firefox scripts.
>>> Below are excerpts from the documentation to give you a sense of their
>>> capabilities.
>>>
>>> Jamal Mazrui
>>> Email: jamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Twitter Screen Name: JamalMazrui
>>>
>>>
>>> FireFox Max
>>> Version 0.1
>>> January 12, 2010
>>> Copyright 2009 - 2010 by Jamal Mazrui
>>> GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
>>>
>>> Introduction
>>>
>>> Firefox Max is a set of JAWS scripts to extend the functionality Firefox
>>> 3.5, which is freely available from http://GetFirefox.com
>>>
>>> The scripts inherit the features of the JAWS scripts for Firefox that are
>>> installed with JAWS, and then seek to maximize functionality in various
>>> ways. Firefox Max is also abbreviated FxMax (Fx is the official
>>> abbreviation for Firefox). The scripts make use of the Homer script
>>> library
>>> and Homer editor interface that I developed a few years ago in a package
>>> called HomerKit, available at http://EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.exe
>>>
>>> or .zip for a manual install.
>>>
>>> The scripts also use code that I developed to efficiently operate
>>> Thunderbird with JAWS, available at http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr.exe
>>>
>>> or .zip for a manual install.
>>>
>>> A good place to discuss Firefox or the scripts is the blind-mozilla
>>> mailing
>>> list. You can subscribe by sending a blank message to
>>> blind-mozilla-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> The scripts are available either as an executable installer at
>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.exe
>>>
>>> or as a zip archive at
>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/FxMax.zip
>>>
>>> When running the executable installer, it is best to accept all defaults
>>> after ensuring the appropriate version of JAWS is selected (Enter invokes
>>> the default, Install button). Note that on some Windows versions, the
>>> installer does not find the appropriate script folder if JAWS is
>>> automatically launched at Windows startup, and thus, is running as a
>>> local
>>> service. This problem may be avoided by exiting and then relaunching
>>> JAWS,
>>> which is then run as a user process.
>>>
>>> F11 is a scripted hotkey that checks my web site for a new version of the
>>> scripts and allows one to upgrade. It only works with the executable
>>> installer, however, not the zip archive that is currently needed for a
>>> 64-bit Windows installation. Windows Explorer/My Computer is able to
>>> unzip
>>> such an archive. Press Shift+F10 and check its context menu for options
>>> when the archive has focus. You can get to your JAWS scripts folder by
>>> choosing "Explorer my Settings" in the JAWS program group of the Windows
>>> Start Menu.
>>>
>>> Anyone wanting to deactivate the scripts can do so as follows. Press
>>> JAWSKey+J to go to the JAWS application window. Choose "Manage
>>> Application Settings" from the Options pulldown menu. Press t until you
>>> hear Firefox in the list of scripts. Press Spacebar to uncheck the item.
>>> Press Enter to accept the change.
>>>
>>> Firefox Max seeks to maximize the functionality of Firefox for a JAWS
>>> user,
>>> exploiting features from the Firefox application, JAWS virtual mode, and
>>> Internet Explorer object model. The scripts are intended to make
>>> clipping,
>>> combining, and saving parts of web pages as convenient as possible.
>>> Usability extensions may be grouped as follows: selection, navigation,
>>> querying, downloading, and miscellaneous.
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Selection
>>>
>>> As usual, Control-C copies selected text to the clipboard. If no text is
>>> selected, FxMax copies the current line. Alt-C works similarly except
>>> that
>>> it appends to rather than replaces clipboard text. If text was already
>>> on
>>> the clipboard, a blank line is inserted before the appended text.
>>>
>>> An alternative way of selecting text uses F8 to mark the start of a
>>> selection. Navigate to the end point by whatever means -- arrow keys,
>>> find
>>> command, etc. -- without having to hold down the Shift key. Press
>>> Shift-F8 to select text from the start position. Note that text is
>>> selected
>>> up to, but not including, the ending cursor position.
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Navigation
>>>
>>> Control+F does a forward find in virtual mode, and Control+Shift+F does
>>> a reverse find. F3 finds again in a forward direction, and Shift-F3
>>> finds
>>> again in reverse.
>>>
>>> Control-G goes to a percentage point in the document, and Alt-G repeats
>>> the
>>> command with the value you previously input (e.g., 50 to go to the
>>> midpoint
>>> of the document).
>>>
>>> FxMax adds some quick navigation keys. You can press W to go to the next
>>> occurrence of the word at the virtual cursor position. This can be
>>> useful
>>> for skipping over insignificant information that precedes the main
>>> content
>>> of a page. In virtual mode, the title of a page appears on its first
>>> line
>>> (as well as in the title bar), and it usually contains keywords that
>>> occur
>>> in the main content of the page. Thus, you can put the cursor on one of
>>> these words and press W to skip ahead. Press Alt+W instead to search for
>>> the whole line of text. Press F3 to go to the next match, or Shift+F3
>>> for
>>> the prior one. Shift+W goes to the previous occurrence of the current
>>> word.
>>> You can also jump to the next occurrence of a phrase of more than one
>>> word
>>> by selecting it before pressing W.
>>>
>>> The Start Content command, 0, tries to skip navigation links and go to
>>> the
>>> main content of the page. It searches for a "skip navigation" type of
>>> link,
>>> and activates it if found. Similarly, the 9 quick navigation key
>>> searches
>>> for a printer-friendly version of the page, and activates it if found.
>>>
>>> Variations of the F9 key are used to manage bookmarks based on an "ID
>>> attribute" in the HTML of a page, rather than on a line and column
>>> position
>>> in its rendered text, which regular bookmarks with Control+K use. F9
>>> goes
>>> to the next non+blank ID attribute on the page, and
>>> Shift+F9 goes to the previous one. Control+F9 saves the ID at the
>>> cursor as a bookmark, Control+Shift+F9 clears it, and Alt+F9 goes to it.
>>> Note that this only works if the author of the HTML has used the ID
>>> attribute of an element to distinguish part of the page, e.g., a
>>> particular
>>> table of the page.
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Querying
>>>
>>> The Quote Clipboard command, Alt+Apostrophe, says the content of the
>>> clipboard. Alt+Shift+Apostrophe clears it. Control+Apostrophe saves the
>>> clipboard to a file, and Control+Shift+Apostrophe appends to it.
>>>
>>> In virtual mode, Alt+Delete says the line, column, and percentage
>>> position
>>> of the cursor in the document. The Yield Text command, Alt+Y, says the
>>> number of characters, words, and lines contained in either all or
>>> selected
>>> text. The Yield Structure command, Alt+Shift+Y, is a variation that
>>> reports
>>> the number of links, headings, and frames in the page.
>>>
>>> Several hotkeys say a block of text related to the current page. The
>>> block
>>> is captured so that it may easily be transferred either to the clipboard
>>> or
>>> a file on disk.
>>>
>>> Alt+A says the address of the current page. Alt+N says the name of the
>>> page, which is like the window title without "Mozilla Firefox" at the
>>> end.
>>> Alt+O outputs all text of the page. Alt+U says the url reference at the
>>> current link, which indicates where Firefox would go if that link were
>>> clicked. Alt+X extracts all text from that url reference, thus enabling
>>> you
>>> to preview a page before opening it. Alt+R says the rest of the text
>>> from
>>> the cursor position to the end of the virtual buffer (like a SayAll from
>>> there, but without moving the cursor).
>>>
>>> The Page Urls command, Alt+P, says all urls of the page, starting with
>>> the
>>> page address and followed by the urls of all links (duplicates are
>>> removed).
>>> The Linked Urls command, Alt+L, says all urls of the page that is linked
>>> to
>>> the current one at the cursor position.
>>>
>>> Since the clipping capability supports web research, you may add
>>> explanatory
>>> notes or time stamps. Press Alt+I to input a block manually via an edit
>>> box. Press Alt+Semicolon for the current time and date.
>>>
>>> The block of text captured by any of these commands may be used again in
>>> different ways. Repeating the same hotkey twice quickly spells the
>>> block.
>>> Press Control+Shift+C to copy the block to the clipboard, or
>>> Alt+Shift+C to append it instead. Similarly, press Control+Shift+S to
>>> save the block to a file, or Alt+Shift+S to append it instead.
>>> Alt+Shift+V invokes a virtual view of the block. Press Alt+Q to query
>>> the block (say it again), or twice quickly to spell it.
>>>
>>> A variation of these queries lets you gather and append a block with a
>>> single command by adding the Shift modifier key. Use Alt+Shift+Letter
>>> rather than Alt+Letter to append to either the clipboard or a file, as
>>> determined by a mode. This mode is set to the clipboard by default.
>>> Use the Keep Append in File command, Alt+Shift+K, to change to file mode
>>> instead. A standard save-file dialog prompts for the target file to be
>>> used (if it does not exist, it will be created the first time you save a
>>> block there). Use the Keepp Append on Clipboard command, Alt+K, to
>>> return to clipboard mode.
>>>
>>> In clipboard mode, a blank line is inserted before an appended block.
>>> In file mode, a section break sequence is used instead, consisting of a
>>> line of dashes and a form feed character. This supports navigating by
>>> section in a text editor (e.g., in EdSharp).
>>>
>>> set it to
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Downloading
>>>
>>> The Download command, Alt+D, lets you get urls from the clipboard,
>>> filter them by extension, and then pick one or more to download to a
>>> folder that you specify. The multiple selection pick list supports
>>> search keys -- Control+F, Control+Shift+F, F3, and Shift+F3 -- to search
>>> forward or backward for an url in the list based on text it contains.
>>> Press Spacebar to toggle the selected state of an item. After picking
>>> files, you are prompted for the target folder on disk, which is the
>>> default choice the next time.
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> Miscellaneous
>>>
>>> Adjust some common speech parameters with key combinations involving the
>>> grave accent key (at the top left of the main part of a U.S. keyboard).
>>> Press JAWSKey+Grave to toggle between reading all or no punctuation.
>>> All punctuation is useful when reading carefully for details, whereas no
>>> punctuation is useful when reading quickly for concepts. Control+`
>>> increases the speech rate by five percent, and Control+Shift+` decreases
>>> it. Alt+` increases the volume by five percent, and Alt+Shift+`
>>> decreases it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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