Actually I have been using NVDA constantly for the past few months with Firefox without any crashes. I’m running windows 7 32 on an old IBM t60.
In a message dated 4/23/2013 1:14:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Anyone tried FF out with NVDA? Just wondering if FF crashed to a similar degree with another screen reader. Neville. On 23/04/2013 9:53 AM, Chris wrote: > There really isn't enough evidence to say what the cause or causes might > be. But Window Eyes not crashing doesn't mean it is any more or less > likely to be involved in causing the crashes. All WE not crashing means > is that whatever the problem is, it is crashing the browser and not > other running applications. I am not saying it is or isn't a Window Eyes > specific problem, there just isn't enough evidence to be found in > postings on the list, I am just saying that a running application not > crashing has no bearing on the likelihood of it being involved or not > involved in the problem. Plenty of interactions between applications can > cause one and not the other to freeze or crash. The bigger question in > trying to figure out if the problem is related to Window Eyes or not is > who other than Window Eyes users are experiencing increased crashes. I > don't know the answer to this question or any other. I just know my own > experience and the information related by other list members, and none > of that gives me enough information to lean in any particular direction > as of yet. Which is why I think reporting all crashes is important and > sending feedback also might be helpful. > > Regards, > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- From: Brice Mijares > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 1:35 PM > To: Kevin Huber ; Chris > Cc: gw-info > Subject: Re: Firefox constantly crashing > > You guys aren't blaming window eyes for the crashes are you? The crashes I > get are from just clicking on a link. and window eyes never crashes. Window > eyes walks me through the crash report. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Huber" <[email protected]> > To: "Chris" <[email protected]> > Cc: "gw-info" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: Firefox constantly crashing > > >> Hi Chris: >> I think I will do that. Up until today, I haven't had much problem >> with it crashing, but this afternoon when I was trying to create a >> Yahoomail account, I just got frustrated with Firefox crashing all the >> time and I used Internet Explorer to complete the task. >> Kevin Huber >> >> >> On 4/21/13, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I also have been experiencing this, despite being a longtime user of No >>> Script. It doesn't seem to matter what scripts I forbid or which >>> addons I >>> stop running. I spent a good amount of time this morning writing a >>> feedback >>> >>> message to Mozilla and highly recommend others do the same. The menu >>> item to >>> >>> do this can be found in the help menu. Provide as much info as possible, >>> Mozilla is really good about paying attention to such things, >>> particularly >>> when a number of users report similar problems. Make sure and mention >>> that >>> you are a screen reader user and which version of Window Eyes you >>> use, they >>> >>> have folks that work specifically on accessibility issues and >>> problems with >>> >>> accessibility software. I don't know whether or not the issues are >>> related >>> to Window Eyes, screen readers in general, or are problems affecting all >>> users regardless of other software used, but any information users can >>> provide short of personally identifying data cannot help but be >>> useful even >>> >>> if it is just something that can eventually be crossed off the list as a >>> cause. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Don H >>> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:07 AM >>> To: gwmicro >>> Subject: Re: Firefox constantly crashing >>> >>> Having the same problem here and would appreciate a solution as well. >>> >>> On 4/21/2013 10:02 AM, Jed Barton wrote: >>>> Hey guys, >>>> I have no idea how to fix this issue, but it's getting annoying. >>>> Firefox >>>> >>>> is >>>> crashing over 20 times a day and that's no exaduration. I'll be in the >>>> middle of typing, and a dialog comes up, mozilla crash reporter, I'll >>>> restart it, and it'll be fine for who knows how long. Any ideas what >>>> this >>>> could be? >>>> I am using 20.0.1. >>>> This makes no sense, cause it isn't giving me any specific error. >>>> Any thoughts? >>>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>>> sender >>>> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >>>> message is >>>> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >>>> [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >>>> >>>> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >>>> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >>>> >>>> >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >>> only. 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