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From: Len Burns
Date: Jan 2, 2013 11:50PM

Hi,

I do not know if Facebook is still on-list, but here is the URL to
report an issue:

http://www.facebook.com/accessibility

Regards,
-Len
On 1/2/2013 10:38 PM, Bryan Garaventa wrote:
> Hi,
> Is the Facebook accessibility team still on this list? I've forgotten how to get a hold of them otherwise.
>
> I've been noticing that, when arrowing down the page using JAWS in IE for example, the message that is being read keeps shifting lines in the Virtual Buffer, so that it may or may not actually be the desired message. This is a pain, because it's very difficult to enter a comment when you aren't certain which message you are activating the Comment button on, and focus keeps getting moved around by itself.
>
> This is happening because something, perhaps a rotating ticker higher up the DOM tree, keeps updating and changing the lines that are reflected in the Virtual Buffer. However, I can't find where this updating area is, or how to stop it.
>
> So if you guys are still here, can you shed some light on how to halt this updating?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
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