Gmail Standard New Look/UI with Chrome+NVDA
Kevin Chao
Windows 7 x86, Chrome 17, and NVDA 2011.3 Beta 1
delete all/empty trash does *NOT* work;
message body will jump in/out of focus/browse mode while
typing/navigating/reviewing;
once NVDA loses focus in message body, it's impossible to focus it
again with TAB, ARROW/QuickNav and ENTER/SPACE;
Main page contains several unlabeled buttons, which should all be
labeled properly;
TAB does not gain focus properly, which results in inability to
switch among them;
checkbox state will always report unchecked, even after toggling with SPACEBAR
Thanks,
Kevin
On 11/3/11, Alex H. <linuxx6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> My findings with new standard Gmail look and Chrome and Firefox:
>
> Chrome17/Gmail new look, NVDA2011.3beta1:
>
> 1. Tab to and enter on trash link, try deleting all or emptying trash,
> menu items speak, but after a few down arrow presses, and trash still
> doesn't get deleted. In Firefox, this seems to work as expected.
>
> 2. Compose new message, fill out to: and subject, autocomplete works
> great in to: field, but the message body pops you out of focus mode,
> unable to edit the actual message. Tabbing around or shift-tabbing
> back to the body is impossible, it just won't focus a second time.
> Send button is labeled though.
>
> 3. Unlabeled buttons: When on main Gmail page, ctrl-home then b for
> button twice, just says button.
> Three more B presses, an unlabeled button menu, then another unlabeled
> button.
>
> 4. Tabs in UI don't focus using chrome properly, they do in Firefox.
> Ctrl-home, Tab after all the folders links, NVDA should pop into focus
> mode, if not hit NVDA-spacebar. Find the thing called tab control,
> left/rightArrow does not change tabs verified by using object
> navigation to descend into the control, chat tab was still selected).
> Expected: Chrome should focus to the tabs themselves and arrows should
> focus to next tab, such as "gadgets." Note: this is not a Gmail
> specific bug; other sites w/ tabs besides preferences have issues with
> Chrome as well.
>
> 5. Checking mesages' checkboxes still won't report as checked. X for
> checkbox if messages are there, NVDA still reports as unchecked,
> shift-tab and tab back to the checkbox still is unchecked.
>
> Firefox 10nightly, NVDA 2011.3beta1, and Gmail new look:
>
> 1. Ctrl-home for top of page, this string:
> wyciwyg://0/https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=Bqn7vWtyHDk.en.&am=!FQUeUz7KXy85pv0Awf1-g44zpoq4nMTVMyqgqBNwWgr32-uKm53twTNxefc0qi0ntQ
> is very distracting, can this be hidden? This frame does nothing but
> clog up the UI for screen reader users in Firefox.
>
> 2. Different unlabeled buttons: first b press should be search, but is
> unlabeled acording to Firefox.
>
> 3. compose new message, all is fine except main body;
> NVDA echoes every character typed into the body. When enter is
> pressed, it says blank, etc. Also rather strange label of
> "wysiwyg//something" for message body name/label. If possible please
> use "message body" or "editable document" or something more
> meaningful.
>
> 4. Viewing message: Text is readable, but can't delete message while
> open, unlabeled buttons galore, etc. Reply/forward links are labeled
> as expected.
>
> 5. General annoyance w/ Firefox and Chrome: Sometimes says "unable to
> reach Gmail. Please check your Internet connection." Really? I'm
> logged in, have a 12mb/s connection, and can access messages fine.
> Confused.
>
> 6. Tab and/or other keys will not focus to next control sometimes.
> After tabbing fully through the page, it seems to get stuck in this
> flash object or something, impossible to get focus back to the
> important stuff, must refresh page. This could be why I was really
> baffled yesterday why nothing was speaking.
>
> IE8 tests coming in the following days, though I won't forward them to
> Chrome list.
> thanks
> Alex
>
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