After I revisited the results of my Switching to Android experiment, and finding most (like 99.5%) items in order now, I decided on Tuesday to conduct a serious 30 days with Android endeavor. I have handed in my iPhone to my wife, and she’s keeping (confiscating) it for me. I will also keep a diary […]
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Revisiting the “Switch to Android full-time” experiment
Just over a year ago, I conducted an experiment to see whether it would be possible for me to switch to an Android device full-time for my productive smartphone needs. The conclusion back then was that there were still too many things missing for me to productively switch to Android without losing key parts of […]
Accessibility in Firefox for Android: Some more technical background, Part II
A long while back, I wrote a post explaining some of the more technical details of the implementation of the accessibility in Firefox for Android. If you want to read the whole post, feel free to do so and then come back here, but for those of you who don’t, here is a short recap […]
What’s New for TalkBack users in Firefox 25 for Android
Firefox 25 for Android, out as an official release end of October, and on the Aurora channel since August 9, will include a number of new features for visually impaired users. This continues a series of new features introduced in Firefox 24, which I blogged about earlier. New reading order As hinted in my blog […]
New features for TalkBack users in Firefox for Android 24
Today, I have some exciting news to share with you! Firefox for Android 24 will bring a lot of noticeable improvements for users of TalkBack and alternative Android screen readers. Here’s a round-up of those enhancements and new features: Braille Firefox 24 brings BrailleBack support. The braille output is not merely a mirror of the […]
Advancements in the accessibility of Facebook
In December 2011, I wrote this overview of the accessibility of social network sites and apps, and I had to paint a rather sad picture about most of the accessibility experiences. As time went by, some things improved here and there, others stalled. One social network that caused some excitement in the community when they announced […]
Switching to Android full-time – an experiment
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 years, ever since the original iPhone 3G S came out with VoiceOver support in June […]
Support for TalkBack’s Jelly Bean Explore By Touch now in Firefox for Android nightlies
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 a Nexus 7 or other device that already has Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, you can […]
Firefox for Android Nightly builds now with Explore By Touch
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. Read more about this feature on Eitan’s blog. Also, more buttons are now labeled so […]
Quick Navigation keys now in nightly builds of Firefox native for Android
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 key presses that allow a blind user using speech output to quickly skim a page […]