Hi Phil, Thanks for shareing that. I will check it out and see how it comes along. Is all of those shockwave type games so problamatic? Or perhaps I should say, is Jaws always problamatic with shockwave. I wonder if someone wrote scripts for it if it would do any better? Anyway, thanks again allan
Come to me and I will give you rest... Jesus of nazareth 33 AD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] sudoku strikeout > Hi Allan, > I sent these instructions a while ago and got an answer from Richard about > the focus problem for JFW. > > blind-accessible Sudoku! > > >> Hi Richard, >> I am embarrassed to realize that shock wave and flash aare not the same. >> So I went to the MacroMedia site and tried their installer with the same >> bad >> result. >> But they have an alternate version! >> >> It downloads to your computer where you open it and can install it from >> there. >> It worked somewhat. >> I was able to start your Sudoku shockwave game but found I could hear >> the >> opening music and voice of the Sudoku game but could not play it since >> the >> arrow keys or enter key did not respond as the instructions said they >> would. >> I also tried unloading JFW >> Here is the link to the other version: >> http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Shockwave&P2_Platform=Win32&P3_Browser_Version=NetscapePre4 >> It put the file, >> Shockwave_Installer_Slim.exe >> on my computer. >>Phil > > Basically it seems you have everything up and running to play Sudo-San, > the > only problem is the focus. When the html-site loads we set the focus on > the > game. Whenever you visit another webpage, program, whatever during or > after > loading, the focus is removed. In some browsers you can simply [tab] to > put > the focus back on the game (by pressing the tab-key) but this is not > supported in all browsers/browser versions. By turning off your > screenreader > you also run the risk of losing the focus. I can't really give any > guidelines or criteria for what's the best way of unloading your > screenreader while keeping the focus. However, what you can try is this: > > - click the link to play Sudo'-San (a new page with the game will now > start > loading) > - unload your screenreader and simply wait untill the game loades > - when you hear the game it means it is loaded properly. After the > Gong-sound you can start pressing buttons. I suggest pressing the cursor > keys :) > - if you hear sounds of interaction, the focus is on the game and you can > play. > - if you DON'T hear sounds of interaction, the focus is not on the game > (either because of the unloading of the screenreader, an older browser or > something else). In this case, press F4 to reload the page. The page > should > reload now (and if your cache is large enough, the game will be started > from > the copy in the cache instead of reloading from the website again) and the > focus should be set to the game again. Since you touch any other programs > this should do the trick.... > > If it doesn't I suggest trying a different browser just to test... Sander > and I each have exactly the same computer, internet connection and > browsers > installed (same versions too) and somehow I do not have an automatic focus > on the game in Firefox and Sander does... > Richard > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "allan thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 1:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] sudoku strikeout > > >> Well, that didn't work. I am just going to wait for spoonbill's game >> and >> see if that works for me. >> thanks anyway, >> allan > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
