Good evening everyone, 

What are the steps for doing an update of Google chrome?  It seems that on both on both mine, and my girlfriends computer, after I try and do a search we both receive a thing that says, alt left arrow too go back, and and right arrow too go forward.  If I try using the H key too go from heading, too heading, it won’t advance too the next heading, or a shift H key won’t go back too a previous heading.  I have too hit the escape key, which will turn off the virtual cursor.  Is this something new that google chrome has implemented?    

On 10/02/2022 6:06 PM Brian Vogel <britechguy@...> wrote:

Annabelle,

I suspect Mike's post was accidentally misdirected, as nothing in it follows from yours.  It happens on occasion, and I'd just ignore it.

Can you give me an example I can work with other than iTunes or any "Apple related" application under Windows, as I don't use any of those.  I have never seen what you describe.  ALT simply throws focus to the menus or the ribbon tabs, you must continue hitting additional letters, numbers, or a combination of the two (with letters being by far the most common, and used alone) before the next thing happens.

I don't think anyone will be able to solve your problem without experiencing it directly and then figuring out what's going on and if that can be stopped.
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Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore

Hi members,
Is there a way to prevent google Chrome from updating?
I have tried rolling back to an earlier version of Chrome but every time I open Chrome it automatically pushes out the latest update.
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Nicholas Stevens

Thanks. I'm gonna try this.
James B
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene Warner
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I got around that problem by setting up a filter in GMail that says that
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Specifically the filter reads:
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On 10/2/2022 6:59 PM, Brian Vogel wrote:

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 06:38 PM, JM Casey wrote:

It seems like half the time when people send me private messages
from these lists, they don’t receive my responses for some reason,
even though I’m apparently replying directly to them.

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Well, you are and you aren't. Groups.io is serving as a Relay. Even my
own private messages, when I BCC myself, come with a caution warning
from Gmail. In the case of yours, it ended up in the Spam folder.

It does make sense to make occasional checks of one's Spam folder as
things do occasionally get misclassified. It happens very seldom for me
under Gmail, but when it does I make certain to activate the "Not Spam"
button so their filters can learn.
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Brian - Virginia, USA- Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044

*/Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy./*

~ H.L. Mencken, AKA /The Sage of Baltimore/

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 06:38 PM, JM Casey wrote:

It seems like half the time when people send me private messages
from these lists, they don’t receive my responses for some reason,
even though I’m apparently replying directly to them.

-
Well, you are and you aren't. Groups.io is serving as a Relay. Even my
own private messages, when I BCC myself, come with a caution warning
from Gmail. In the case of yours, it ended up in the Spam folder.

It does make sense to make occasional checks of one's Spam folder as
things do occasionally get misclassified. It happens very seldom for me
under Gmail, but when it does I make certain to activate the "Not Spam"
button so their filters can learn.
--

Brian - Virginia, USA- Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044

*/Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy./*

~ H.L. Mencken, AKA /The Sage of Baltimore/

On 10/02/2022 5:26 PM Mike Pietruk <pietruk@...> wrote:


Now, I understand why A L E X A won't touch the question; and now I see
why Joe's question is something I heard before.
Amazon is smart not touching that hot potato as it could hurt their
business dependent how the Echo handled it.
So, probably when the issue came up, they drafted the answer they did.

But it would still be helpful to have explanation of why the problem might be happening. Maybe the webpage changes something about object with the virtual cursor and JAWS gets lost and goes back to the first element.

I have never seen one, and I agree that a central exchange for "home grown" JAWS scripts would be a very good idea indeed.
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Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 06:45 PM, Nicholas Stevens (Mweb) wrote:
Is there a way to prevent google Chrome from updating?
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No.  And I don't say this in a snarky way, but we're now in the age of virtually every piece of software in "as a service" mode, where automatic updating is the norm, and it's not going away.
Yes, this poses occasional issues, I won't deny, but in the case of web browsers you (the generic you) should have basic skills with at least two, preferably three, as there have been occasions for as long as I've been working in the screen reader world where a given screen reader and a given browser (or website in a given browser) just do not play well together.
There are times when you're going to have to punt to your second choice.  It's a fact of cyberlife in the 21st century.
That's why having basic skill with an alternate screen reader is essential, too, as sometimes it's necessary to use an alternative in a pinch.
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Brian - Virginia, USA- Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044
*/Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy./*
    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA /The Sage of Baltimore/

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 06:38 PM, JM Casey wrote:
It seems like half the time when people send me private messages
from these lists, they don’t receive my responses for some reason,
even though I’m apparently replying directly to them.
-
Well, you are and you aren't.  Groups.io is serving as a Relay.  Even my own private messages, when I BCC myself, come with a caution warning from Gmail.  In the case of yours, it ended up in the Spam folder.
It does make sense to make occasional checks of one's Spam folder as things do occasionally get misclassified.  It happens very seldom for me under Gmail, but when it does I make certain to activate the "Not Spam" button so their filters can learn.
--
Brian - Virginia, USA- Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044
*/Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy./*
    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA /The Sage of Baltimore/

On 10/02/2022 4:51 PM Brian Vogel <britechguy@...> wrote:

Annabelle,

You need to be a bit clearer about what it is you're trying to change and where.  The setting you describe is nowhere to be found under Windows 10 and I cannot get a start menu folder to do what you're describing.

Even a clear explanation of the behavior you hate, and how to make it occur, would be useful.
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Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044  

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

    ~ H.L. Mencken, AKA The Sage of Baltimore