Keyboard Stalls on Leopard w/ Browser & Word

Question

Hello Guys, Im trying to use firefox or w/ Mac Office 2008 for my online class and it keeps on freezing when i try to type and answer. and keyboard just stalls at random. but the keyboard works fine on Safari. What can i do to fix. I already called apple i was told to shutdown the unit and and start it up clear C-Ram (OptionCMD+PR and release at the second CHIME... it still freezes ?

Answer 1

I fixed the text field problem, or made a workaround. This new solution is needed if there are text fields where you could click but you don't want to loose ctrl+w, ctrl+n etc. capability. The main downsides to this workaround are:
- Firefox: you have to copy your text quickly after selection if you want to do that (selection vanishes soon)
- Firefox: if you have a web link on your static text and you click it, you can't hold mouse button for 700ms+
- all other browsers: Right click + Copy does work but ctrl+c you have to press quickly, otherwise it doesn't copy
- on Safari, the keyboard capability breaks if you click multiple times on a text box (probably not so difficult to fix)
This is the new javascript (same as before except some new lines, rememeber the wmode=opaque thing!):
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
    function changeFocusAgain(){
        var elem = document.getElementById("anyIdThatExistsInHtml");
        elem.tabIndex = 0;
        elem.focus();
        elem.blur();
    function changeFocus(){
        var elem = document.getElementById("anyIdThatExistsInHtml");
        elem.tabIndex = 0;
        elem.focus();
        elem.blur();
        setTimeout("changeFocusAgain()",700);
</script>
..and the AS3:
    import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
        function onMouseClick(ev:Event):void
                ExternalInterface.call("changeFocus");
        stage.addEventListener(FocusEvent.MOUSE_FOCUS_CHANGE, onMouseClick);
        stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);