Comments on: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/ Musings, tips and tricks about the accessible software world Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rich Caloggero http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-2/#comment-33599 Rich Caloggero Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:44:01 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-33599 Update: I just installed the latest trunk nightly build of Firefox (3.7a2pre ) and am happy to report that both Jaws and NVDA now read the lists in the AddOn manager again. However, what they do not do is tell you when the "restart firefox" message has appeared (which happens when the state of an installed extension or plugin changes). Thanx Marco for an interesting and informative blog, and thanx to the entire Mozilla community for continuing to actively support accessibility. -- Rich . Update: I just installed the latest trunk nightly build of Firefox (3.7a2pre ) and am happy to report that both Jaws and NVDA now read the lists in the AddOn manager again. However, what they do not do is tell you when the “restart firefox” message has appeared (which happens when the state of an installed extension or plugin changes).

Thanx Marco for an interesting and informative blog, and thanx to the entire Mozilla community for continuing to actively support accessibility.
– Rich
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]]> By: Rich Caloggero http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-2/#comment-33594 Rich Caloggero Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:37:47 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-33594 I've been noticing some instability while using Firefox with Jaws on Windows XP in the past month. I'm using the following versions of Firefox and Jaws: Jaws 11.0.756 Firefox 3.6 First of all, I've noticed a loss of ability to navigate the lists in the addOn viewer in Firefox (tools -> Add Ons). Firefox 3.6 will not allow navigation of my list of currently loaded extensions or plugins via the arrow keys. This behavior occurs using Firefox 3.6 with Jaws 11 and 10, as well as nvda 2009.1. The other issue is that every so often, seemingly at random, my entire virtual buffer will go away and all I'll be able to do with Firefox is to tab among focusable items. It seems to happen on page load, and it seems to affect the entire browser: all tabs and windows. Has anyone seen these two issues? Has anyone seen similar using a different screen reader / operating system? -- Rich I’ve been noticing some instability while using Firefox with Jaws on Windows XP in the past month.

I’m using the following versions of Firefox and Jaws:
Jaws 11.0.756
Firefox 3.6

First of all, I’ve noticed a loss of ability to navigate the lists in the addOn viewer in Firefox (tools -> Add Ons). Firefox 3.6 will not allow navigation of my list of currently loaded extensions or plugins via the
arrow keys.

This behavior occurs using Firefox 3.6 with Jaws 11 and 10, as well as nvda 2009.1.

The other issue is that every so often, seemingly at random, my entire virtual buffer will go away and all I’ll be able to do with Firefox is to tab among focusable items. It seems to happen on page load, and it seems to affect the entire browser: all tabs and windows.

Has anyone seen these two issues? Has anyone seen similar using a different screen reader / operating system?

– Rich

]]> By: Spatt http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-2/#comment-32870 Spatt Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:20:26 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-32870 This is the best Firefox (or should I say, browser?) ever to have graced us net surfer. This is the best Firefox (or should I say, browser?) ever to have graced us net surfer.

]]> By: The Blind Buzz on Accessibility « The Blind Buzz http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-31688 The Blind Buzz on Accessibility « The Blind Buzz Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:25:09 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-31688 [...] New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 – Marco Zehe’s accessibility blog [...] [...] New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 – Marco Zehe’s accessibility blog [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-30974 Kevin Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:03:52 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-30974 I'm for this, as long as someone hasn't broke what good features are already in the brouser. es pesamistic I know, but better to epect the worse and hope for the best than the other way round. I’m for this, as long as someone hasn’t broke what good features are already in the brouser. es pesamistic I know, but better to epect the worse and hope for the best than the other way round.

]]> By: kazuhito (Kazuhito Kidachi) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25778 kazuhito (Kazuhito Kidachi) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:00:48 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25778 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/kazuhito" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="kazuhito (Kazuhito Kidachi)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="kazuhito (Kazuhito Kidachi)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/kazuhito) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 « Marco’s accessibility blog [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 « Marco’s accessibility blog [link to post]

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]]> By: mpaciello (Mike Paciello) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25745 mpaciello (Mike Paciello) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:33:45 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25745 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/mpaciello" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="mpaciello (Mike Paciello)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="mpaciello (Mike Paciello)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/mpaciello) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @johnfoliot: RT @dboudreau: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 » [link to post] #accessibility http://myloc.me/1ufUT<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT @johnfoliot: RT @dboudreau: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 » [link to post] #accessibility http://myloc.me/1ufUT

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]]> By: johnfoliot (John Foliot) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25744 johnfoliot (John Foliot) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:32:45 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25744 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/johnfoliot" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="johnfoliot (John Foliot)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="johnfoliot (John Foliot)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/johnfoliot) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @dboudreau: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 » [link to post] #accessibility #a11y #ahg09<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT @dboudreau: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 » [link to post] #accessibility #a11y #ahg09

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]]> By: dboudreau (Denis Boudreau) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25741 dboudreau (Denis Boudreau) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:45 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25741 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/dboudreau" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="dboudreau (Denis Boudreau)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="dboudreau (Denis Boudreau)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/dboudreau) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 » [link to post] #accessibility<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 » [link to post] #accessibility

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]]> By: The Blind Buzz on Accessibility « The Blind Buzz http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25640 The Blind Buzz on Accessibility « The Blind Buzz Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:59:41 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25640 [...] New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 [...] [...] New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 [...]

]]> By: inklusion (Inklusion Jetzt !) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25572 inklusion (Inklusion Jetzt !) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:36:03 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25572 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/inklusion" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="inklusion (Inklusion Jetzt !)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="inklusion (Inklusion Jetzt !)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/inklusion) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> Firefox 3.6 will introduce new #accessibility features ![link to post] (via @SteveALee) #firefox #blind<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


Firefox 3.6 will introduce new #accessibility features ![link to post] (via @SteveALee) #firefox #blind

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]]> By: mpaciello (Mike Paciello) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25569 mpaciello (Mike Paciello) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:56:02 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25569 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/mpaciello" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="mpaciello (Mike Paciello)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="mpaciello (Mike Paciello)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/mpaciello) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @anikto: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 - [link to post] #a11y #accessibility (double dose because it's worth a read!)<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT @anikto: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 – [link to post] #a11y #accessibility (double dose because it’s worth a read!)

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]]> By: ptamaro (Paul) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25566 ptamaro (Paul) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:39:03 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25566 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/ptamaro" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="ptamaro (Paul)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="ptamaro (Paul)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/ptamaro) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> @MarcoZehe reveals new #accessibility features in Firefox 3.6: [link to post] RT @stcaccess<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


@MarcoZehe reveals new #accessibility features in Firefox 3.6: [link to post] RT @stcaccess

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]]> By: stcaccess (STC AccessAbilitySIG) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25565 stcaccess (STC AccessAbilitySIG) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:38:03 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25565 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/stcaccess" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="stcaccess (STC AccessAbilitySIG)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="stcaccess (STC AccessAbilitySIG)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/stcaccess) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> .@MarcoZehe reveals new #accessibility features in Firefox 3.6: [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


.@MarcoZehe reveals new #accessibility features in Firefox 3.6: [link to post]

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]]> By: redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25564 redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:37:03 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25564 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/redcrew" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/redcrew) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> Firefox 3.6 supports voice dictation software in Vista & Win 7. Users can dictate into text fields. [link to post] thx @anikto #a11y<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


Firefox 3.6 supports voice dictation software in Vista & Win 7. Users can dictate into text fields. [link to post] thx @anikto #a11y

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]]> By: amananderson (Aman L. Anderson) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25561 amananderson (Aman L. Anderson) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:22:03 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25561 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/amananderson" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="amananderson (Aman L. Anderson)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="amananderson (Aman L. Anderson)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/amananderson) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @stcaccess: .@MarcoZehe reveals new #accessibility features in Firefox 3.6: [link to post]<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT @stcaccess: .@MarcoZehe reveals new #accessibility features in Firefox 3.6: [link to post]

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]]> By: refreshdetroit (Refresh Detroit) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25560 refreshdetroit (Refresh Detroit) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:54:02 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25560 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/refreshdetroit" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="refreshdetroit (Refresh Detroit)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="refreshdetroit (Refresh Detroit)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/refreshdetroit) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @redcrew: Firefox 3.6 supports voice dictation software in Vista & Win 7: [link to post] thx @anikto #a11y<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT @redcrew: Firefox 3.6 supports voice dictation software in Vista & Win 7: [link to post] thx @anikto #a11y

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]]> By: redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25559 redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:44:02 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25559 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/redcrew" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="redcrew (DeborahEdwards-Onoro)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/redcrew) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @anikto: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 - [link to post] #a11y #accessibility<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


RT @anikto: New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 – [link to post] #a11y #accessibility

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]]> By: SteveALee (SteveALee) http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25556 SteveALee (SteveALee) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:32:02 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25556 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/SteveALee" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="SteveALee (SteveALee)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.marcozehe.de/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="SteveALee (SteveALee)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/SteveALee) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> Firefox 3.6 upcoming accessibility features, including Windows 7 enhancements [link to post] (via @MarcoZehe)<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


Firefox 3.6 upcoming accessibility features, including Windows 7 enhancements [link to post] (via @MarcoZehe)

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]]> By: Steve Lee http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/comment-page-1/#comment-25554 Steve Lee Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:02:13 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=207#comment-25554 The Firefox a11y team are really rocking these days. Great work. The Firefox a11y team are really rocking these days. Great work.

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