Note that the article is from over a year ago so the information could be stale. Since Opera and Webkit both seem to have Voiceover support working to various extents, it's not clear as to exactly why Firefox can't get it to work without Apple making some changes. Sounds like FF did something in a different way and they don't want to change. I thought I had found an article saying they were moving forward but I was unable to dig it up.
CB Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi folks, > > I discovered something interesting while I was browsing through > Firefox Accessibility Blog detailing the difficulties of VoiceOver > accessibility. Unless they apparently get some assistance from Apple, > anyway. Which is why it has been put on hold, according to the lead > member dealing with accessibility. I'll shut up now. > > Well, what happens is that usually after a link, it refuses to move > further on that page regardless of how I navigate with the keyboard. > If you're being stubborn and keep trying to move, it'll say "HTML > contents dimmed". When I turned on the trackpad, however, I > encountered no odd behavior like this. When I started reading with the > VO-left and right it worked just fine, until I encounter another link. > This is the same if using VO-A. When using the trackpad, however, I > have no issues whatsoever. The link is > http://accessgarage.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/firefox-and-os-xs-voiceover-reading-the-magic-8-ball/ > > Can someone please give me any feedback on this if you're running Snow > Leopard? > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > <http://www.facebook.com/people/Nicolai-Svendsen/509197277> > My Twitter <http://twitter.com/chojiro> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
