Here is a Firefox alert from ACB's Information Access Committee.
Essentially, it warns all of us against the latest Firefox update.
As a person who has my browser update automatically, I'm a bit perplexed about
the instructions for stopping it since the browser will have already loaded and
presumably updated itself before I can change that setting.
I have chosen personally to download the recommended new version in the hope it
will thwart updates since it's seemingly not on the same path as the standard
Firefox.
Chris
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Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:40:28 +0000
From: Kelly Gasque via leadership <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Kelly Gasque <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [leadership] FireFox Alert
The American Council of the Blind Information Access Committee, VFO and NV
Access would like to call your attention to the latest update of the Mozilla
Fire Fox web browser Firefox 57. Because the update is a total rework of the
popular browser (now to be called FireFox Quontum), the leading screen readers
will not work well with the update. All parties recommend that Fire Fox users
who use a screen reader upgrade to FireFox Extended Service release(ESR) to
incorporate the latest security patches without negatively effecting the screen
reader user experience.
For your convenience, you can download Firefox ESR
here<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/> and read the statements of
VFO at Freedom Scientific Statement on Firefox
Quantum<http://blog.freedomscientific.com/2017/10/25/important-information-for-users-of-mozilla-firefox/>
and that of NV Access at NV Access statement on Firefox
Quantum<https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-halloween-2017-edition/>.
"To make sure Firefox doesn't update automatically, do the following:
1. In Firefox, hit alt+T to go to the tools menu, then, press O to bring
up the options menu.
2. Tab until you hear 'Install updates automatically (Recommended) radio
button checked.
3. Down arrow once to 'Check for updates but let me decide to install
them'.
4. Press ctrl+tab to close the window and save changes.
For now, rest assured that the ACB Information Access Committee is keeping
track of these kinds of issues and will alert you about them as they arise.
Link to announcement: http://acb.org/firefox-alert
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ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.)
A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind
http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology
