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From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Jan 3, 2013 2:15PM

Thanks Bryan -- that helps! I'll get back to you with more info.

Ramya


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Bryan Garaventa <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Not exactly.
>
> This occurs when you have a page, such as the home page after logging in,
> where all contacts have their latest messages listed.
>
> Using 'h' and 'shift+h' to navigate down the messages will produce the same
> results.
>
> When I do this, then use the arrow keys such as down arrow to find the
> Comment button for a particular message found in this manner, I find that I
> am no longer in the message that I originally navigated to using the 'h'
> hotkey.
>
> There is some frequently updating section of the DOM higher up the tree
> that
> is changing the lines in the Virtual Buffer every few seconds, which is
> causing all content below that point to jitter up and down when trying to
> navigate using the arrow keys to read content.
>
> Does this help?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ramya Sethuraman" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Facebook accessibility
>
>
> > Bryan
> >
> > Just want to make sure I understand the problem correctly. Is this what
> > you
> > are experiencing?
> >
> > 1/ You are using down arrow key to read the newsfeed with Jaws on IE
> > 2/ Jaws announces a news story but when you arrow down, instead of
> reading
> > the elements after the news story like the like, comment buttons, it
> reads
> > something else? At this point the virtual buffer and what's on screen is
> > out of sync -- did I get that right?
> > 3/ Does this start happening when Jaws reads a particular element? Or
> when
> > you take a particular action?
> > 4/ Does this happen if you navigate through tabs also?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ramya
> > (Facebook Accessibility)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Bryan Garaventa <
> > <EMAIL REMOVED> > 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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> > > > > > >
> > > >



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