Hi, And Narrator won't work with it either. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of cheez Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 8:45 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox Quantum is coming, and it doesn't like screen-readers
You think Windows Narrator will work, since Narrator works with Edge? Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "JM Casey" <crystallo...@ca.inter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:57 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Firefox Quantum is coming, and it doesn't like screen-readers > So.. > > Has anyone Hey folks. Haven't seen any discussion about this yet. On > another list, someone posted an article about this, which I cannot > seem to find the URL for, but if people are interested I guess I could > cross-post it. In > brief: Firefox Quantum has a new "multiprocessing" approach that means > it will be twice as fast for everyone else, but it will not play > nicely with JAWS or other screen-readers. We're essentially at the > same stage now (or will be come November) as we are with Edge, in that > it's going to be a work in progress for quite some time, and from what > I've read, it may be difficult to continue implementing the virtual > buffer concept. This is, to me, annoying to say the least, as I use > Firefox all the time and have been really happy with it up til now. I > also think the virutal buffer a great innovation for web browsing and > would hate to give it up, unless a better alternative was developed. > > > > Has anyone thoughts on this? I used to laugh at "old people" (in > quotes there, in case you have punctuation set to "some" or "none") > who moaned about things changing too fast and that they couldn't keep > up. Now, at 37, I'm feeling the bite. I'm happy to no longer be using > Windows XP, yet it seems like every month (since getting Windows 10 > and JAWS 18 in particular), there's some new thing I have to fix that > wasn't broken before; some time I have to spend figuring a workaround > to one thing or another, or a doomful press release about how I won't > be able to use this-or-that once a certain update happens. > > > > Fortunately, for us Firefox users, I guess we can still install the > ESR (Extended Support Release) of the browser, and get security > updates, without a Quantum upgrade, until sometime in 2018. Guess I'll > be doing that, then! > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
