I took a poke at the site and they are using a 'fake' combo box made
using a javascript library called Dojo. Dojo generally has been very
good with accessibility but not everything was right from the getgo and
apparently the version used on the Harry & David site is 1.3.1, from 3
years ago. Not
I did try that, but it didn't take. I also attempted to act as it I was dealing
with a pop-up, but that didn't work either. I would never, ever go back to
Windows, but I have to say that I have more trouble with Web sites more often
now than I ever did with Windows. Flash, particularly, is the b
Usually combo boxes, at least the standard ones that are called combo boxes on
windows are pop up menus on the mac. I wonder if the control you are dealing
with here is similar to the one on the android market. When you first move to
it, it's an edit box, however when you start typing, it change
I did have no trouble checking out when I switched to their mobile site; next
time, I'll start out on it and see if that makes a difference.
Christine
On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
> It's not a voiceover problem. the main cause for some of these combo boxes is
> poor codi
It's not a voiceover problem. the main cause for some of these combo boxes is
poor coding and implementation. there's scenarios where voiceover cannot grab a
combo box because the object in question is not in a standard format, instead
it may be part of a tailor made design package or something
Thanks. I have used their site in the past easily with Windows. A pity. :)
On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Red.Falcon wrote:
> Hi Christine!
> Well I took a look at the site as well!
> Although I'm in the UK I also got exactly the same results as you!
> Now I do not know if this is a vo or safari or
Hi Christine!
Well I took a look at the site as well!
Although I'm in the UK I also got exactly the same results as you!
Now I do not know if this is a vo or safari or even the sites problem if a
windows user can use the site OK then it might indeed be a vo problem!
I can only suggest [if you have
All right, all, here's another (probably Safari) problem. I'm trying to
purchase a Harry and David gift card:
http://www.harryanddavid.com
There is a combo box where you must select (or potentially write in, I guess)
the desired value of the card. However, I've tried interacting, hitting VO
spac