Post #3023371

2026-02-21 14:49 UTC

@joslee@mastodon.world @ppatel@mstdn.social @amir@dragonscave.space @NVAccess@fosstodon.org I trust what you're saying, but could I have an example? Links are on their own line with Screen Layout off, so I don't get the difference that this Add-On makes.

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@joslee@mastodon.world 2026-02-21 14:59

@GamingWithEars@mastodon.stickbear.me @ppatel@mstdn.social @amir@dragonscave.space @NVAccess@fosstodon.org Let's say a website shows the following text: test link 1, test link 2, hello (Note: is NVDA's link role announcement; there is no "nonlink" role) With screen layout on, the browse mode content will be rendered as: link test link 1, link test link 2, hello With screen layout off in current NVDA implementation: link test link 1, (new browse mode line) link test link 2, hello 1/

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@joslee@mastodon.world 2026-02-21 15:03

@GamingWithEars@mastodon.stickbear.me @ppatel@mstdn.social @amir@dragonscave.space @NVAccess@fosstodon.org The add-on supposedly changes the browse mode rendering logic to show: link test link 1, (browse mode new line) test link 2, (browse mode new line) hello The browse mode is not the "true" representation of web content. I state this because people may think how a scren reader renders web content in browse mode (vritual buffer for some) is an accurate representation of the web content the screen reader user is working with when it is not. 2/

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@joslee@mastodon.world 2026-02-21 15:06

@GamingWithEars@mastodon.stickbear.me @ppatel@mstdn.social @amir@dragonscave.space @NVAccess@fosstodon.org Browse mode exists to present what amounts to hierarchical organization and navigation of web content in a more linear format suited for screen reader based navigation. Screen layout off (simple layout in JAWS) mode exists to ease identification of hyperlink text from the rest of the web content, which includes regular (nonlink) text, form fields, frames, web aps and dialogs, multimedia content, to name a few. 3/

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@joslee@mastodon.world 2026-02-21 15:08

@GamingWithEars@mastodon.stickbear.me @ppatel@mstdn.social @amir@dragonscave.space @NVAccess@fosstodon.org Screen layout on mode (both NVDA and JAWS) presents web content closer to what sighted people would encounter, at least when a website or modern apps like WhatsApp is rendered visually. HOwever, screen readers still employ browse mode rendering logic, so a screen reader will see a "modified" view of the content they are interacting with. 4/

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