Monthly Archives: June 2012

Firefox for Android Nightly builds now with Explore By Touch

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Marco

As of the June 28, 2012 build of Firefox for Android nightly builds, the Explore By Touch feature of the Ice Cream Sandwich version of TalkBack is supported in web content in addition to the already supported browser user interface. … Continue reading →

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How to get WebVisum working again

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Marco

Update: As of some time this lunch time in Europe, WebVisum is back in full working business. The instructions to edit one’s hosts file to point to the IP address for the WebVisum service directly has, therefore, been removed from … Continue reading →

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Quick Navigation keys now in nightly builds of Firefox native for Android

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Marco

Yes, you heard correctly! Accessible Firefox for Android nightly builds, as of June 13, have quick navigation keys that those who are blind are most likely familiar with from the desktop screen reader world! In short, these are single letter … Continue reading →

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Accessibility in Firefox for Android – Some more technical details

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Marco

In my previous blog post, I focused on the user-facing aspects of the new accessibility features we’re currently building into Firefox for Android. This blog post is about the more technical details of this support. First, the fact that we’ve … Continue reading →

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