Hi :) Should the devs be made aware of problems with the newer release of Java (again)?
Each new release of Java creates more problems and each is soon found to have more security issues so another new one needs to be released quickly. It's a 3rd party product that is difficult to track. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, 29 December 2012, 16:13 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] where's the accessibility? > >Simon, > >There appears to be a change in the JRE 1.7 and JAB 2.0.3 that is reducing >the fidelity of the Java Accessibility API rendering of both LibreOffice and >OpenOffice. This is affecting both NVDA and Jaws screen readers. > >I've been unable to find any Oracle documentation on API changes from the >2.02 to 2.03 JAB or JAAPI, but something is definitely changed. Reviewing >the JAB delivered document structure with JavaMonkey shows the 2.02 >rendering to be identical with the 2.0.3 rendering--but with JRE 1.7 its >JAAPI appears to process the result differently and does not fully render >the results in either screen reader. > >Are you able to roll back to JRE 1.6 and a JAB 2.0.2 installation and >retest the issues you've had with LibreOffice 3.6.4? And otherwise asses AT >usability with the earlier Java runtimes? > >Downloads needed to roll back are here: > >JRE 1.6u38 ><http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre6u38-downloads-1877409.html> > >JWin.exe installer for JAB 2.0.2 <http://empowermentzone.com/JWin_setup.exe> > > >Stuart > > > > > > >-- >View this message in context: >http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-accessibility-where-s-the-accessibility-tp4023600p4026427.html >Sent from the Accessibility mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/accessibility/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
