Re: [orca-list] Moving forward on Firefox

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

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Hi Steve
As of a few minor updates ago, the bookmarks dialog doesn't seem to be a
problem anymore. I'm running Firefox 3.6.3 on my Ubuntu systems and can
manipulate bookmarks just fine. This was a minor update to 3.6.2, though
I don't know exactly when. In fact, with the caret navigation now
working pretty well (sorry Bill, haven't had a chance yet to test your
patches out) and the bookmarks problem fixed, I've moved over to 3.6
completely. There are certain situations where 3.6 gives me noteable
performance improvements particularly when using some types of
structural navigation on complex pages.


On 04/05/2010 07:47 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 05:18:48AM -0400, Bill Cox wrote:
> > Yes, I believe the code that has been so problematic has been mostly
> > rewritten, and is now in much  better shape.  It is possible that we
> > could disable "Grab focus on objects when navigating", and "Use Orca
> > caret navigation".  I don't know what causes delays in Orca when
> > navigating large web pages, but I do think we need to improve the
> > performance if possible.
>
> Yes, performance is a big issue.  I'm quite new to the developer side
> of Orca as I'm just learning python and using git with more advanced
> commands than 'clone'.  But thanks to the option to turn off grab
> focus, recently added to Orca, that basic part of FF 3.6 is workable
> again.  But another major concern for me has been the inability to
> organize bookmarks in 3.6x.  When you arrow around in the bookmarks
> organize dialog, focus constantly jumps out to the "More" button.  I
> find it nearly impossible to use that feature and furthermore, if you
> wish to save a bookmark, you can't pick and choose destination folders
> without the same navigation problems in that dialog.  For this reason,
> I've been sticking to version 3.5 for now.  I do realize I can't stay
> there forever so these things need to be worked out.
>
> I do feel aprehensive about branching off to a stand-alone version of
> Firefox however; how easy would it be to get the
> improvement/corrections rolled back into the mainline product?  I
> don't wanna see us stuck with some "blind version" of the browser.
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