Yeah, really. Doesn't it kind of feel like the early 90s all over again, where you would try to run a program and find it needed Windows, which you couldn't use because screen-readers only really worked with MSDos?
As an aside, and not to be a grumpy old codger, but I really dislike this new modern apps (the ones introduced with Windows 10) and their layout/interface. I understand it brings things more in line with smartphones and cross-platform is good. But I'm on a desktop; I want it to behave like a desktop, damit. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Randy Barnett Sent: October 25, 2017 6:19 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox Quantum is coming, and it doesn't like screen-readers Yeah, I have been using jaws since the mid 90's and see the same issues you do with the modern approach to Windows and other software. This is a hard time to be a blind PC user. Hearing about how cool this or that is on the web and how everyone can find out anything and everything while I struggle with a captcha or have jaws drowned out by a video ad or try to find some news on a site that is constantly updating and has inaccessible links buried in a ton of java or flash sucks. On 10/25/2017 2:57 PM, JM Casey wrote: > 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/ -- Sincerely: Randy Barnett (Owner) Soundtique Grants Pass, Oregon. 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/
