Hi everyone,

Due to internal changes to wxPython 4, some of my add-ons will require a future NVDA release powered by wxPython 4. Specifically, wxPython 4 drops wx.PyDeadObjectError in favor of raising RuntimeError.

The following add-ons (either I created or am maintaining) are affected:

• Enhanced Touch Gestures
• Golden Cursor
• StationPlaylist Studio
• Windows 10 App Essentials

All of these add-ons display add-on configuration dialogs and thus are impacted by wxPython 4 changes. The NVDA release requirement will go into effect 30 days after release of the NVDA stable release powered by wxPython 4 (e.g. if NVDA 2018.2 is powered by wxPython 4 and is released on May 31, 2018, the above requirement will go into effect starting with the add-on releases scheduled for June 30, 2018 or later).

Special note for StationPlaylist Studio add-on: the above requirement is for those NOT on LTS channel.

Thank you.

Cheers,

Joseph

P.S. I encourage other add-on writers to post notices like this if your add-on(s) are impacted by wxPython 4 changes.

Intellij Idea comes with its own version of java:

C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2017.3.3\jre64\bin>java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_152-release"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-release-1024-b11)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.152-b11, mixed mode)


Yes, I enabled jaba access bridge both in control panel and in command line (jabswitch).


On 3/16/2018 4:34 PM, Jaffar Sidek wrote:

Hi.  Which Java version are you running?  Do you have Java's windows access bridge enabled?  I am using Android studio which is based on the free version of IntilleJ with a fair amount of success, though accessibility could be better.  Only NVDA will work propperly with IntelliJ, though I'm not sure about the other IDE.  Cheers!


On 17/3/2018 7:23 AM, Tony Malykh wrote:

Hello everyone,


Does anyone know if these two IDEs are accessible with NVDA? I've heard on another mailing list that they are somewhat accessible, but when I tried to run IntelliJ Idea,, it brings me to "Welcome to IntelliJ Idea", and this window appears to be empty, NVDA doesn't see any control elements or menus. If someone figured out a way to make either of them accessible, please let me know.


I'm using Windows 10 and NVDA 2018.1. I enabled java access bridge both in control panel and IntelliJ Idea's JRE from the command line with not much luck.


Thanks

Tony

I am a big fan of cookbooks, and they often have lots of links to the
various recipes. But you can't just start tabbing when you are in a
Kindle book, because the first tab takes you out of the text and into
the table of contents. Very nice, but not when you want to see links. So
how to see links?


Mary

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Greg
Rhodes
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:54 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Reviewing notes

Thanks guys. I have my document set up with headers. I'm looking for a way
that I can go to specific lines under each header. For example, when I
could see and was reading a textbook, I would underline the specific lines
or paragraphs I wanted to go back and review. When it came time to study
for a test, I could just review the things I had underlined. What's an
equivalent way to do that for a blind person. I would like to be able to
use single key navigation to go quickly through the specific items I want
to go back and review. If I did some kind of track change notation on each
item I wanted to review, I could use "a" for annotation and do it. Is
there a simpler way? Thanks for any suggestions.

Hi.  Which Java version are you running?  Do you have Java's windows access bridge enabled?  I am using Android studio which is based on the free version of IntilleJ with a fair amount of success, though accessibility could be better.  Only NVDA will work propperly with IntelliJ, though I'm not sure about the other IDE.  Cheers!


On 17/3/2018 7:23 AM, Tony Malykh wrote:

Hello everyone,


Does anyone know if these two IDEs are accessible with NVDA? I've heard on another mailing list that they are somewhat accessible, but when I tried to run IntelliJ Idea,, it brings me to "Welcome to IntelliJ Idea", and this window appears to be empty, NVDA doesn't see any control elements or menus. If someone figured out a way to make either of them accessible, please let me know.


I'm using Windows 10 and NVDA 2018.1. I enabled java access bridge both in control panel and IntelliJ Idea's JRE from the command line with not much luck.


Thanks

Tony

Hi,
Which version of Enhanced Touch Gestures add-on are you using? There should be an update on add-ons website that fixes this problem.
Cheers,
Joseph

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Don H
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 3:15 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] NVDA log error

This is the last few lines of the NVDA log file after starting NVDA
2018-1 on my Win 10 64 bit laptop.
ERROR - baseObject.ScriptableObject.bindGestures (17:10:52.335):
Error binding script touch_hoverUp in
<globalPlugins.enhancedTouchGestures.GlobalPlugin object at 0x06E951D0> INFO - core.main (17:10:52.338):
NVDA initialized

Hello everyone,


Does anyone know if these two IDEs are accessible with NVDA? I've heard on another mailing list that they are somewhat accessible, but when I tried to run IntelliJ Idea,, it brings me to "Welcome to IntelliJ Idea", and this window appears to be empty, NVDA doesn't see any control elements or menus. If someone figured out a way to make either of them accessible, please let me know.


I'm using Windows 10 and NVDA 2018.1. I enabled java access bridge both in control panel and IntelliJ Idea's JRE from the command line with not much luck.


Thanks

Tony

Hi,
Which version of Enhanced Touch Gestures add-on are you using? There should be an update on add-ons website that fixes this problem.
Cheers,
Joseph
-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Don H
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 3:15 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] NVDA log error
This is the last few lines of the NVDA log file after starting NVDA
2018-1 on my Win 10 64 bit laptop.
ERROR - baseObject.ScriptableObject.bindGestures (17:10:52.335):
Error binding script touch_hoverUp in
<globalPlugins.enhancedTouchGestures.GlobalPlugin object at 0x06E951D0> INFO - core.main (17:10:52.338):
NVDA initialized

www.waterfoxproject.org/



-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Hermann-Josef Kurzen
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:50 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] waterfox

Hi!

Where can I get Waterfox?


Greetings - Hermann



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Gesendet: Freitag, 16. März 2018 um 19:51 Uhr
Von: "David Griffith" <daj.griffith@...>
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] waterfox

Yes I have been using it as my default browser ever since Firefox
started being difficult I particularly like the inbuilt reader function which strips links and ads out - control alt and r.
There are only a couple of issues.
For me in some edit boxes I get a very verbose feedback with the whole string being announced every time I type a character. This tends to be some google edit boxes but not all of them for some reason.
The other main issue is that for some reason some sites like Amazon insists on occasionally interpreting Waterfox as a mobile device. This restricts access to buying Kindle books and sometimes one click ordering. Again this is not consistent. In these circumstances I simply copy the url from Waterfox to chrome to complete the transaction if I am having difficulties in Waterfox.
David Griffith

My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog
http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/
My Blind hammer Blog
https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts

From: Rosemarie Chavarria
Sent: 16 March 2018 18:35
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] waterfox

Hi, everyone,

I just downloaded waterfox and checked out the weather forcast for my area using the braille weather underground site and waterfox is amazingly fast! I think I'll really like using it.

Rosemarie

Gesendet: Freitag, 16. März 2018 um 19:51 Uhr
Von: "David Griffith" <daj.griffith@...>
An: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Betreff: Re: [nvda] waterfox

Yes I have been using it as my default browser ever since Firefox
started being difficult I particularly like the inbuilt reader function which strips links and ads out - control alt and r.
There are only a couple of issues.
For me in some edit boxes I get a very verbose feedback with the whole string being announced every time I type a character. This tends to be some google edit boxes but not all of them for some reason.
The other main issue is that for some reason some sites like Amazon insists on occasionally interpreting Waterfox as a mobile device. This restricts access to buying Kindle books and sometimes one click ordering. Again this is not consistent. In these circumstances I simply copy the url from Waterfox to chrome to complete the transaction if I am having difficulties in Waterfox.
David Griffith

My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog
http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/
My Blind hammer Blog
https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts

From: Rosemarie Chavarria
Sent: 16 March 2018 18:35
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] waterfox

Hi, everyone,

I just downloaded waterfox and checked out the weather forcast for my area using the braille weather underground site and waterfox is amazingly fast! I think I'll really like using it.

Rosemarie