Hi, Firefox is certainly accessible, but more importantly it is also open source. People behind Mozilla have done a lot to make Mozilla products accessible. To know more about the work on accessibility at Mozilla, one major blog worth following is that of the Mozilla’s accessibility engineer. http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/ I will just point out 2 interesting posts that he has made. - The WAI-ARIA Windows screen reader shootout http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/07/01/the-wai-aria-windows-screen-reader-shootout/ New accessibility features in Firefox 3.6 http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/11/09/new-accessibility-features-in-3-6/
Now for your questions: > > while browsing through tables using Ctrl+alt+ down > arrow, sometimes it says "bottom of column" though my cursor > is still in the middle of the table and plenty of rows are > there below that. This has been slightly improved in version 3.6, but as has been already pointed out, refreshing the screen does the work. > > while using tabs, sometimes Jaws doesn't read the > correct tab, This has been resolved in 3.6 Regards "For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return." ~ Leonardo da Vinci --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Arpit Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Arpit Jain <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] IE7 or IE8: which is more accessible? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 1:06 PM > Mr. Srikant, > > I second your opinion about IE 8 and I haven't found any > problems > using IE 8 either accessibility wise or stability wise in > IE 8 as of > now (Note that I'm using Jaws 10). Also, when you say that > you are > preferring Firefox over IE, kindly tell me is it completely > accessible > with JAWS as much as IE is, because I have been using > Firefox over a > year now and I personally feel that it is not all that good > while > using it with JAWS, some e.g. which I have experienced > are: > > while browsing through tables using Ctrl+alt+ down > arrow, sometimes it says "bottom of column" though my cursor > is still in the middle of the table and plenty of rows are > there below that. > > while using tabs, sometimes Jaws doesn't read the > correct tab, to simplify I can say: suppose I have three > tabs - google.com,msn.com & yahoo.com and google.com is > the tab which is activated currently Sometimes when I press > ctrl+tab, though firefox shows that the tab has been changed > to the next one i.e. msn.com, but Jaws still doesn't > recognize that and keeps on reading the page at google.com. > > I hope I was able to make myself understandable.. > > > Regards > Arpit > > On 2/25/10, srikanth kanuri <[email protected]> > wrote: > > IE 8 is the best compared to the IE 7. > > there are some new rich features which are supported. > > Jaws 9 might have some issues with IE 8 > > It is more secure and i find it to be a bit fast. > > read if interested for new improvements: > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288472%28VS.85%29.aspx > > > > hope it helps: > > but anyway a big fan of firefox here so had not > explored much: > > Regards: > > Srikanth > > > > On 2/25/10, KARAN GUPTA <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I second that. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 24 Feb 2010, at 10:43 PM, "Geetha Shamanna" > >> <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Logical or not, the latest version of a > product is not necessarily > >>> the best. > >>> I have discovered this from experience. > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Subramani L" <[email protected]> > >>> To: "Geetha Shamanna" <[email protected]>; > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:22 AM > >>> Subject: RE: [AI] IE7 or IE8: which is more > accessible? > >>> > >>> > >>> Even logically, it makes sense to switch to > the latest version of any > >>> product. That way IE8 is the option. Even > sites like FB and Twitter > >>> ask > >>> users to upgrade to IE8. > >>> > >>> Subramani > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Geetha > >>> Shamanna > >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:46 AM > >>> To: Access india > >>> Subject: [AI] IE7 or IE8: which is more > accessible? > >>> > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >>> I am a staunch believer in not fixing things > that are not broken, and > >>> have > >>> been obstinately using IE6 as it worked very > well for me. However, > >>> with > >>> support for IE6 being gradually eliminated, it > is perhaps time to > >>> upgrade to > >>> a newer version. > >>> > >>> Between IE7 and IE8, which is most accessible > with Jaws 9? Also, from > >>> the > >>> point of view of ease of use, which is > better? > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> Geetha > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia- > >>> [email protected] > >>> with the subject unsubscribe. > >>> > >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or > make any other changes, > >>> please visit the list home page at > >>> > >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > >>> n > >>> > >>> Email secured by TPML Electronics > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > >>> with the subject unsubscribe. > >>> > >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or > make any other > >>> changes, please visit the list home page at > >>> > >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > >> with > >> the subject unsubscribe. > >> > >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make > any other changes, > >> please > >> visit the list home page at > >> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > >> > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with > > the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any > other changes, please > > visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any > other changes, please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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