This should help. http://blog.freedomscientific.com/2017/10/25/important-information-for-users -of-mozilla-firefox/
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Justin Williams Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:00 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox Quantum is coming, and it doesn't like screen-readers Where do I get the ESR extended support? Justin -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of cheez Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 12:00 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox Quantum is coming, and it doesn't like screen-readers it figures. Every time you take 3 steps forward, they push you back 2. Vince ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox Quantum is coming, and it doesn't like screen-readers > 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/ 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/
