Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread E.T.
It sure is not accessible. I just installed the current version which is 43. Not a peep out of the app. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 1/11/2016 9:40 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: You have?

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
ay, January 11, 2016 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac It sure is not accessible. I just installed the current version which is 43. Not a peep out of the app. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it we

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
quot;Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <listse...@me.com> > To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 12:40 PM > Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac > > > You have? The latest stable Firefox release i

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac Chrome has great performance, features, accessibility, and extensions On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 12:43 PM Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com>

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Kevin Chao
o as a last resort. But, that's neither here nor there. > > Chris. > > - Original Message - > From: "John Panarese" <jpanar...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:30 PM > Subject: Re: Alte

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 4:30 PM Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac Yeah, it’s best to turn off all of their spying. They are the one browser that has been documented phones home with quite a bit of data, though they deny otherwise

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
linky-net.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 2:21 AM Subject: RE: Alternative Browsers for Mac Is firefox accessible with VO yet? I know it works on the iPhone, but haven't heard if it's working yet with the mac os C> -Original Message-

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
It’s not entirely Mozilla’s fault that Firefox isn’t accessible on OS X, though. The way that Apple makes accessibility APIs heavily dependent on cocoa and Objective-C is a big part of it. Which is a shame, because I’d love to be able to use Thunderbird on OS X, too. -- The following

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Singing Sparrow
strange i have gotten fire fox to work with osx yosemity just fine. On 1/11/2016 11:09 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: It’s not entirely Mozilla’s fault that Firefox isn’t accessible on OS X, though. The way that Apple makes accessibility APIs heavily dependent on cocoa and Objective-C is a

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Safari and chrome are your best bets, I mostly just use safari, works great so why fix something that's not broken. Original message: Dear List, I have been using sleipnir browser on my mac for a long time, but recently there has been a major reduction in performance. I wondered if anyone

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
You have? The latest stable Firefox release is now accessible on OS X, is it? I’m reluctant to try it again and be disappointed again … -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
koglu" <listse...@me.com> To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac You have? The latest stable Firefox release is now accessible on OS X, is it

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
6 12:30 PM Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac strange i have gotten fire fox to work with osx yosemity just fine. On 1/11/2016 11:09 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: It’s not entirely Mozilla’s fault that Firefox isn’t accessible on OS X, though. The way that Apple makes accessibility APIs heavi

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-11 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Shruggs. Good point, and well taken. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <listse...@me.com> To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Alt

RE: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
ary 2016 10:28 AM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac mmm, Chrome. Google “Chrome privacy whitepaper” for a way to turn off all the spying. Chrome is the least Googly of the Google products. -- The following in

Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have been using sleipnir browser on my mac for a long time, but recently there has been a major reduction in performance. I wondered if anyone knew of another voice over accessible safari alternative. I know that chrome works, but I hate google, and firefox just keeps saying busy,

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Kevin Chao
ou wanna try it. > > Chris. > > - Original Message - > From: "Lee Jones" <leeavatar...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:37 PM > Subject: Alternative Browsers for Mac > > > Dear List, I have been

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread John Panarese
Yeah, it’s best to turn off all of their spying. They are the one browser that has been documented phones home with quite a bit of data, though they deny otherwise. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
, 2016 3:37 PM Subject: Alternative Browsers for Mac Dear List, I have been using sleipnir browser on my mac for a long time, but recently there has been a major reduction in performance. I wondered if anyone knew of another voice over accessible safari alternative. I know that chrome wo

Re: Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
mmm, Chrome. Google “Chrome privacy whitepaper” for a way to turn off all the spying. Chrome is the least Googly of the Google products. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: Alternative Browsers

2013-12-11 Thread Chris H
I believe Apple do not allow open source software to be published to the app store. On 11/12/2013 20:51, Lee Jones wrote: Dear List wwhy are chrome and firefox not in the Mac aps store when Opera is. I can understand companies not wanting to pay apple commission but both firefox and chrome

Re: Alternative Browsers

2013-12-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Some of this may be because of Apple's restrictions on apps that are allowed in the app store. Apps are required to use certain sand box rules and are restricted on what permissions they can have. By not using the app store, app developers are free to use all available resources on the mac.