Hi Dónal,

No, sorry, this is from memory.  It might have been a little over a year ago 
that I reported the problems with Java Preferences.  And not all universities 
use Blackboard, but some of the alternatives also have accessibility issues.

Esther

On Jul 24, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Esther I forgot to ask, do you have the bug number for the one you submitted 
> last year?
> On 24 Jul 2012, at 18:44, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Dónal,
>> 
>> You have my permission to use any of my text, and you can also link to the 
>> discussions here using the Mail Archive site.  This post doesn't cover the 
>> other issue about not being able to interact with and check/uncheck items in 
>> the tables on the Java Preferences tabs. As Paula also reported, VoiceOver 
>> announces "empty table".  I really want to emphasize that university and 
>> college students who are using Blackboard are likely to have to use the Java 
>> Preferences utility when certificates expire or need to be fixed, so if 
>> Apple wants to continue maintaining its presence in the field of higher 
>> education, and also support accessibility there, this has to be fixed.  It's 
>> another one of those items that was reported to them previously, but is 
>> becoming more of an issue.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Esther
>> 
>> On Jul 24, 2012, at 7:21 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
>> 
>>> Gordon/ Esther:
>>> 
>>> I'm in the process of filing a bug, however I'd like permission to use some 
>>> of Esther's superb text.  I won't comment here on anything relating to 
>>> mountain lion; just to say that "all that glisters is not gold".
>>> 
>>> Dónal

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