Tag Archives: Android

Switching to Android full-time – an experiment

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Marco

A few weeks ago, I decided to conduct an experiment. I wanted to determine if Android 4.2.2 “Jelly Bean” was finally ready for me to switch to full-time, away from an iPhone. Background I’ve been an iPhone user for four … Continue reading →

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Support for TalkBack’s Jelly Bean Explore By Touch now in Firefox for Android nightlies

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Marco

This is just a quick shout-out to you early adopters that, as of the August 22, 2012 nightly build of Firefox for Android, support for Explore By Touch, Jelly Bean style, has landed and is now working. If you use … Continue reading →

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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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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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First round of accessibility support for Android in mobile Firefox

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Marco

Lots of exciting stuff happening at Mozilla these days! The accessibility team is ramping up its efforts on multiple fronts. I am pleased to announce that mobile Firefox, code-named Fennec, nightly builds now have a first implementation of accessibility for … Continue reading →

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