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From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Wed, Dec 12 2012 10:46AM
Subject: Facebook accessibility page
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Facebook now has a page dedicated to accessibility :)

http://facebook.com/accessibility

Thanks,
Ramya

From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Wed, Jan 02 2013 11:38PM
Subject: Re: Facebook accessibility
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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

From: Len Burns
Date: Wed, Jan 02 2013 11:50PM
Subject: Re: Facebook accessibility
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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
> > > >

From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2013 12:32AM
Subject: Re: Facebook accessibility
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Awesome, thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Burns" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Facebook accessibility


> 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
>> >> >> >>
> > >

From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2013 12:34PM
Subject: Re: Facebook accessibility
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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 ADDRESS 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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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2013 1:04PM
Subject: Re: Facebook accessibility
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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 ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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
>> >> >> >>
>
>
>
> --
> *I also exist @: http://www.ramyasethuraman.com*
> > >

From: Ramya Sethuraman
Date: Thu, Jan 03 2013 2:15PM
Subject: Re: Facebook accessibility
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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 ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS 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 ADDRESS 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
> >> > >> > >> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > *I also exist @: http://www.ramyasethuraman.com*
> > > > > > >
> > > >



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