David, I totally agree regarding the commitment of organisations to accessibility. This is why I was particularly disappointed with the IT guy from Hadley, suggesting I used Firefox instead of Safari; it seems he is aware of their website having issues under Safari, but not with his recommended solution, Firefox! -
Andy On 2 Jun 2014, at 19:57, "David Griffith" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have not tried Firefox under Mavericks but when tried it under ML it was > unusable because of constant busy messaging. > > As far as I am aware the only other accessible Mac browser is a text based > one called Lightning which may not help as it sounds like there is some odd > code on this page which a text browser would find hard to interpret.t. > > It is odd that a web site from this organisation of all organisations > should be providing an access barrier to industry standard browsers. > It sounds like that they have been very narrow in their focus in assuming > that all their students would use a Windows platform. > The commitment to accessibility with Apple was hard won so our organisations > should respect and support this commitment as well. > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Collins > Sent: 02 June 2014 19:19 > To: OS X & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Firefox on the Mac > > Hi all - > > I was trying to fill out the enrolment form for a Spanish course at the > Hadley school, but every time I land on a particular field to tick, Safari, > and Google Chrome would freeze, and VO would just say Safari busy. Neither > browser would change from that to "ready." > > I've contacted their IT department who tell me that Safari struggles with > some elements on their website, and to try Firefox. Well, I did install it > to give it a go, but firstly was a bit confused by how to interact with it, > and secondly, it too kept producing the 'busy' notification, regardless of > what I was trying to do. Am I missing a trick with Firefox, or isn't it so > good running under OSX - > > Andy > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
