Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Hello Rick:

What browser do you use with JAWS? I am using Google Chrome and so far, the page seems to come up just fine.

Kindly,

Curtis Chong

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Maybe it shouldn't matter, but, for some reason, it does. When I loaded the url without the S, it loaded three times. When I did use the S, it wouldn't load at all. It said that Chrome and Edge were not responding.

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Maybe it shouldn't matter, but, for some reason, it does. When I loaded the url without the S, it loaded three times. When I did use the S, it wouldn't load at all. It said that Chrome and Edge were not responding.

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Maybe it shouldn't matter, but, for some reason, it does. When I loaded the url without the S, it loaded three times. When I did use the S, it wouldn't load at all. It said that Chrome and Edge were not responding.

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

Hm, well, once the page loaded, I checked my address bar, and the https: was there anyway, as I expected it would be. All websites are now supposed to have SSL security certificates, which I believe is what the s: designates. Without them, your modern browsers will throw up an error message and ask you if you’re sure you want to proceed.

Anyway, the page loaded but the whole experience was pretty slow in Firefox, which is the browser I was using. I eventually had to close it out. Not really sure what this site is useful for but, I’m guessing there’s some buggy script on there that’s causing sluggishness in all browsers, and may or may not be related to screen-reader use. Report to webmaster, I’d say.

Maybe it shouldn't matter, but, for some reason, it does. When I loaded the url without the S, it loaded three times. When I did use the S, it wouldn't load at all. It said that Chrome and Edge were not responding.

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller

I have reported it, but all they say is that they are just updating the site.

Hm, well, once the page loaded, I checked my address bar, and the https: was there anyway, as I expected it would be. All websites are now supposed to have SSL security certificates, which I believe is what the s: designates. Without them, your modern browsers will throw up an error message and ask you if you’re sure you want to proceed.

Anyway, the page loaded but the whole experience was pretty slow in Firefox, which is the browser I was using. I eventually had to close it out. Not really sure what this site is useful for but, I’m guessing there’s some buggy script on there that’s causing sluggishness in all browsers, and may or may not be related to screen-reader use. Report to webmaster, I’d say.

Maybe it shouldn't matter, but, for some reason, it does. When I loaded the url without the S, it loaded three times. When I did use the S, it wouldn't load at all. It said that Chrome and Edge were not responding.

Definitely something screwy about that page.

But it shoudln’t matter if you don’t use https: anymore. As of a few years ago, browsers will autmoatically add the secure html property to any url. It’s just assumed and when you type in http://, which I often do as I enter in addresses manually, the “s” simply gets added and will show up in the address bar as soon as the site is loaded.

Hi, Rick. I encountered the same problems as did you when going to,

https://nationaldaycalendar.com

The page is extremely unresponsive to any screen reader, including Narrator. I had better luck when I removed the S from the https: link. Try loading the link below without the S, and wait until the page loads, and begins reading the links.

http://nationaldaycalendar.com

Dear Listers:

My favorite website today is https://nationaldaycalendar.com.  Until just a couple of weeks I used to go to this page every morning.  All of a sudden whenever I would go to this page I found myself unable to use it.  The page would load.  When the load was completed JAWS would read how many regions there were on the page and how many headings and then would start reading all of the links and all of the headings.  When I would hit the Control key to silence JAWS and then try to arrow to the link I wanted to activate the only link that would appear was a link called “adchoices.”  I contacted National Day Calendar via Facebook and they told me they were upgrading their site.  But even now after almost two weeks whenever I try to load this webpage JAWS will read off the names of the links, but when I silence it I cannot go to the link I want to.  I have tried using both my default browser, Microsoft Word and Google Chrome.  Sometimes I will just have the “adchoices,” link, and at other times JAWS will just say “home page,” after I silence it after it automatically starts reading all of the links.  I am using Windows 2010 and JAWS 2022.  Can either of you give me some advice as to how I can rectify this problem?  By the way, this only happens with National Day Calendar and not with any other webpage.

Rick Miller