I have no issue with jaws and ebay as you describe. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+dennisl1982=gmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of David via Talk Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 3:11 PM To: WE English Mailinglist Cc: David Subject: Firefox Update, as of May 2018
I was met by a message today, that there was a new update for my Firefox. as you all will remember, last summer there was a good deal of chatting here on the list, since the normal (standard) version of Firefox was changed, and no longer useful for WE users. The solution, that I along with many have been using, has been the ESR version of the browser. And, that is the version I was prompted to update today. I believe it stated to be version 52.7, or something like that. I was, due to some other technical reason, running NVDA at the moment. As the ESR version traditionally has been reliable for screen readers, I did just accept the update, and anticipated going on with my browsing. NVDA had no problem in handling the newly updated browser. Shortly, I closed NVDA, and started WinEeys, ready to go into normal activity. Great was my disappointment, when >I realized that the new version on my system, seemed to display the same useless behavior under WinEyes, as the standard version. First thing you will notice, is that the screen reader no longer says: Program Main Window, when launching the browser. You now will rather hear a message, containing the phrase: Document Window. And Wineyes does not recognize this "document window" as a browser window, hence Browse Mode will not turn on. You will be able to tab through the controls, and can click on them by hitting Enter. But you will not be able to navigate anything outside the controls. Since Firefox tends to update, even when you tell it not to, I am afraid this might indicate the end of WinEyes altogether working with a well-established favorite browser - among many a blind person. My hope would be, that anyone could tell me that they have updated, and experienced no trouble. But that hope is pretty thin. You might be able to deny the update, for a few days or weeks, but sooner or later, you are going to experience the browser simply updating itself, without your contentment. Sure, I have a backup of my browser folder, from a few weeks back, and might reinstall it. But what good would that do, since it all will be only temporarily, till it self-updates next time. Too bad, they couldn't just leave at least one version of the browser alone, with the old access method. If for no longer, why not letting it alone, till they had solved the screen reader issue, that they have promised us ever since the main version went bad for screen readers. Then again, both NVDA and Jaws, do work with the new version. I even checked the newly updated system here, with Jaws. It works, but only so much. Jaws gets into big trouble, and has been there for ever so long as I have had it, when the website is auto-updating. That means, things like EBay, under Firefox and with Jaws - well, you'd better just forget it. Jaws will continually jump back to the top of the page, just because some tiny detail updates on the web. Besides, working with the Browse Mode of Jaws, reminds me the old-style (close to a decade ago) features we had under WinEyes, version pre-7. Strange they never had the idea of updating their browser functionality. What is it really, that they include in all the updates we are faced with, ever so often, when running Jaws? No, I don't want to start a long discussion, just wondering. Long message, will end here. Just wanted to let you all know my experience of today. Hopefully, you might be able to abstain from loosing your browser, for a few moments longer. _______________________________________________ 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/dennisl1982%40gmail.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 _______________________________________________ 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