Hi. On my mac 2011 macbook pro, firefox wents so busy that it can not be used at all.
I would like to use firefox, but it can not be done. Best regards Annie. On Feb 8, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > John, these might seem like stupid questions, but I can't resist asking them. > What is it, exactly, that makes Firefox be so sluggish and do the busy thing > so frequently? I ask this for two reasons. > > 1. I know that it doesn't use the same webkit that is used by Lightning, > Safari, and Chrome, but having said that, it just seems kind of odd to me > that this would be consistently happening. I wonder in general where the > leak is coming in, and is it more a processor thing, or more a memory leak. > > 2. I might have mis-understood, but wasn't Firefox open source, at least at > one time in the game? If that's the case, who's to say we couldn't find > someone who is blind using Voiceover to have a look at it. Also, I know > Apple is very funny about providing source code, and rightfully so. I'd just > suspect, wouldn't it be slightly harder for the Mozilla devs to really do > much without the coding of Voiceover specifically so that they could compare > code back and forth, and maybe in one of the two codes find what is causing > the breakage. > > Chris Gilland. > Founder of CLG Productions > http://www.clgproductions.com > E-mail: [email protected] > Phone: 803-760-7136 > Toll-Free: 1-888-405-3185 > Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:08 PM > Subject: Re: Status of busies in Firefox? > > > I believe it is available. Firefox is usable with VoiceOver. It is a bit > sluggish in some instances, but it is getting there. If you have patience, I > would give it a try and encourage the developers to keep improving VoiceOver > access. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Feb 7, 2013, at 11:02 PM, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have another question about fire fox. If it is accessible, I used web >> vissum (when I used the c) to solve captchas, does is this available for >> mac?Thanks. >> On 2013-02-07, at 5:43 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Last I heard, Firefox still was not that great. I hear it was sort of, >>> ish! doable, and certainly in a pinch would work, but still had a really >>> really long way to go. I hear that even on systems with a butt load of >>> ram, it still says busy busy almost constantly. I just wondered if anyone >>> has any more information as for the current state. Is it still doing this >>> quite a bit, or is it pretty much taken care of where now, it is about as >>> quick as using say, Lightning, Chrome, or Safari. >>> >>> Chris Gilland. >>> Founder of CLG Productions >>> http://www.clgproductions.com >>> E-mail: [email protected] >>> Phone: 803-760-7136 >>> Toll-Free: 1-888-405-3185 >>> Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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