I do not want to start a new lengthy arguing over accessibility issues. Yet, a few days ago, we had a discussion running here, as to the latest version of Firefox - 56 - which some users had experienced issues with.
I did not have any intention in running into accessibility issues, and hence told my Firefox never to update. It is done under tools, Options, Advanced, and choose the update tab. Nevertheless, this morning when starting my Firefox, it still updated itself. I got the message on the screen, that the update was taking place, and though I could say a few things about a setting in the Firefox options, which apparently is nothing but useless - I had no choice but to let the update complete itself. My reasoning was that first it insisted on upgrading, I could always roll it back afterwards. When the upgrading was finished, I checked under Tools, Help, About - and the current installation says Firefox 56.0, 32bit. I now have used it for a couple of hours, browsing around, and do see no trouble with this version of Firefox, along with the latest (and last) version of WinEyes, that is, version 9.5.4. I do recall there has been a few comments about the 64bit version of Firefox from the past. And hence i was wondering if the users who told us not to update to the latest Firefox, due to their accessibility issues, would happen to be running the 64bit version. As an alternative, in attempting to see a reason for some experiencing trouble in latest version, I do wonder if there could be a focusing issue. Would any of you, who initially reported the loss of accessibility in Firefox 56, maybe want to try the following. 1. Open Firefox, and go to any website. 2. Press Alt-D, as in Delta. 3. Press F6. 4. Try navigating the website. Are you still unable to perform any action on the page? If so, check under Help/About,and see if you are running 64- or 32bit version. Please note, a 32bit software can be run perfectly well on a 64bit machine, but you cannot run a 64bit software on a 32bit computer. Most computers now aday, are 64bit machines, and yet, often you are encouraged to run the 32bit software, due to the 64bit technology being more vulnerable for technical issues. This is no attempt in advicing anyone, in their choice of browser or version. I am just curious why some have reported their systems facing issues, whereas my system had none. Could it even be there was something going wrong in your updating process? Or, could it be due to some of the add-ons you have installed under Firefox, and which no longer are up-to-date, due to the new add-on policy of the Mozilla group? Try starting your Firefox with all Add-ons disabled, and see if that solves any issues. Really, it would be bad, should a number of users ditch an otherwise good browser, or abstain from updating, due to some misunderstood accessibility issues. That's why, I decided to report my findings, hoping to hear from others who could shed further light on what possibly could cause issues for some. Perhaps we even could help them solve their issues, and have them back up running the Firefox browser again; even with last version of WinEyes. _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
