1. I tried to install the accessibility toolbar and it ran through the setup program but there is no toolbar appearing in IE??
a few things to try: In the internet explorer menu ensure that:- view > toolbars > lock the toolbars is unticked.
- Tools > Internet options > advanced > enable third party browser extensions (requires restart) is ticked.
- view > toolbars > accessibility toolbar is ticked.
- open and close the browser a few times.
- look closely in the section of the browser that the toolbar should appear as sometimes the toolbar will initiall appear beside / partially obscured by other toolbars you have installed (e,g, google)..
2. The resize function (e.g. 800X600) stops working....
This function is currently javascript based and i have noticed that, since installing the latest windows service packs, the resize functions stop working sometimes. So the toolbar has been updated by JUn so it no longer relies on javascript for this function, which solves the issue. The update will be available next week (about the 3rd of august).
3. Why do I get an error when I close a window in Internet explorer?
This is an issue with some browser version/operating sytem combinations, it occurs sporadically, we are working on a fix for this. we have implemented a partial fix that reduces the problem, but have not completely sorted it yet....
Many thanks to Jim McPherson who has been helping us with the testing of the dll's
4. when opening the IE-Browser i get an alert with the following text: IEEXPLORE "out of system resources".
And in the Toolbar (EN 1.0) any button icon (either this one of the CSS or this one of the Structure etc.) appears destroyed, i.e. not as a clear icon, but as a black or white spot. I'm using XP.....
Resource shortage happens in XP if the user has many applications open at once. the toolbar itself uses a small amount of system resources, but if resources are insufficient, drawing of icons will not be able to be done. If you only find this occurs when you only have a few applications running please contact me with details of the error.
5. Why does the toolbar only work in IE?
- There was a gap in “the market,” no tools comparable to those available for Mozilla were/are available for IE.
- Our programming expertise is limited (if somebody wants to work with us on versions for other browsers/operating systems we’d be interested),
- Our resources are very limited as this project is unfunded so we work on it between paid work and in our spare time
- While some people realise that there are better browsers than IE out there, their uptake is still very small, and my original idea was to raise awareness of accessibility issues and provide the tools to “the masses.”
- For better or worse, many assistive technology users use IE for web browsing, so I tend to use it for accessibility testing and browsing due to this circumstance
- What time I have had to work on developing the toolbar has so far been directed at improving the functionality and collaborating with others to create versions in other languages
- A great web developer toolbar for mozilla/firefox is available from chris pederick
