Problem with icons in new factory release

[Andrew Hodgson]

Hi,

Since the new release I am unable to get my screen reader to access
any of the new icons on the toolbar on the top near the right - i.e,
setup etc.

All I get is the word blank when the system encounters these icons -
blank for each item. When using the command to get a list of links in
the screen reader, I just get a whole list full of the word blank,
until I come to real links, which work as expected.

The screen reader is used because I am visually impaired.

Would it be possible to at least put alt tags on the icon images?

Also, since the wizard is removed, when the unit is reset to factory
defaults, what screens are the users presented with? Do they have to
set up subnets manually?

Thanks.
Andrew.

[Rev Adrian Kennard]

Post by Andrew Hodgson
Hi,
Since the new release I am unable to get my screen reader to access
any of the new icons on the toolbar on the top near the right - i.e,
setup etc.
All I get is the word blank when the system encounters these icons -
blank for each item. When using the command to get a list of links in
the screen reader, I just get a whole list full of the word blank,
until I come to real links, which work as expected.
The screen reader is used because I am visually impaired.
Would it be possible to at least put alt tags on the icon images?

I made sure the link itself has a TITLE tag. I had not realised this
would not be visible. We also tested on lynx, which works.

We would be interested to know what browser and settings you are using.

I have just issued a new beta with ALT tags that have the image name.
Please do let me know if this resolves the issue.

The change to "blank" for the icon itself should only affect IE which is
broken in that it does not display semi-transparent png images. It seems
it is able to do so but needs a blank image and a style with a filter to
overlay the png. Maybe later versions of IE will resolve this and we
will not have to go through these hoops.

Post by Andrew Hodgson
Also, since the wizard is removed, when the unit is reset to factory
defaults, what screens are the users presented with? Do they have to
set up subnets manually?

The wizard was getting out of date and causing confusion. We are
considering putting it back at some point. However, subnets are pretty
easy to set up. We are happy to talk you through it if you need.

[Andrew Hodgson]

Post by Rev Adrian Kennard

Post by Andrew Hodgson
Hi,
Since the new release I am unable to get my screen reader to access
any of the new icons on the toolbar on the top near the right - i.e,
setup etc.
All I get is the word blank when the system encounters these icons -
blank for each item. When using the command to get a list of links in
the screen reader, I just get a whole list full of the word blank,
until I come to real links, which work as expected.
The screen reader is used because I am visually impaired.
Would it be possible to at least put alt tags on the icon images?

I made sure the link itself has a TITLE tag. I had not realised this
would not be visible. We also tested on lynx, which works.
We would be interested to know what browser and settings you are using.
I have just issued a new beta with ALT tags that have the image name.
Please do let me know if this resolves the issue.
The change to "blank" for the icon itself should only affect IE which is
broken in that it does not display semi-transparent png images. It seems
it is able to do so but needs a blank image and a style with a filter to
overlay the png. Maybe later versions of IE will resolve this and we
will not have to go through these hoops.

I will get back to you with more info on this.

Regarding the wizard, I am setting one up in a week and just wanted to
know what to expect.

Thanks.
Andrew.

[Andrew Hodgson]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:47:40 +0100, Rev Adrian Kennard <***@e.gg>
wrote:

Here is the page (top half) on the current firmware - will upgrade in
a minute:pippin.hodgsonfamily.org FireBrick 105 1740-0942-0134 pippin

FireBrick 105 2.02.583FB (Janneke)
pippin 1740-0942-0134
Administrator:
Logout
blank
blank
blank
blank
blank
blank
blank
blank
blank
blank

Ports allowed in to your network - i.e. for servers you run

[snip rest]

Andrew.

[Andrew Hodgson]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:47:40 +0100, Rev Adrian Kennard <***@e.gg>
wrote:

After the beta is applied:

pippin.hodgsonfamily.org FireBrick 105 1740-0942-0134 pippin

FireBrick 105 2.02.585FB (Leena)
pippin 1740-0942-0134
Administrator:
Logout
setup
user
diag
subnet
route
ip
port
filter
mapping
logo

Ports allowed in to your network - i.e. for servers you run
[...]

This is perfect. This doesn't show it, but I can tell what the links
are or not when going through the pages.

I really appreciate the work involved for probably only one user's
benefit.

Thanks.
Andrew.