Re: [orca-list] Firefox 4.0 and Tabbing to Links

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

One thing that concerns me with these mozilla bugs is even when
someone supplies patches to attempt a fix to the problem that they are
not being pushed upstream.  I guess if I need to, I can manually apply
the patches he has attached to the bug report.  I'm not sure how easy
it will be to apply these patches to newer versions of firefox like
4.0.  So far, I really Like Firefox 4; at least the bookmarks library
seems really good now.  I can actually organize and select target
folders for my bookmarks now without having to go clear back to FF
3.5.9!

I'll look at these bugs you mentioned and add update comments to the
Mozilla bug to make more noise,  I really don't know any Firefox code
internals now so would find that to be a daunting task - none the
less.  Thanks again, Bill for getting into a complex beast like
Firefox.  I just wish some other developers would listen and take your
fixes more seriously.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 03:30:29PM -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Steve.
>
> > I've been using Firefox pretty regular now and am encountering a
> > problem but am unsure how to describe for a bug report.  Basically,
> > when I use the arrow keys to read through text and find a link or form
> > element that I wish to click on, I would then tab to be sure to focus
> > the desired element or link.  The problem is, most often, pressing the
> > tab key will take the focus to some link way up towards the top of the
> > page, if not the top of the page.
>
> That would be this bug:
>
> [blocked] Orca does not move to the expected object when Tab is pressed
> in Firefox 3.6 effective June 11th build
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=609890
>
> That's our blocked tracking bug for this Mozilla bug:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546068
>
> This Mozilla bug is the one Bill Cox has been working on (thanks Bill).
> The last comment, dated two weeks ago is:
>
> > Ok, I'll try and update the patch to address these comments.  I'll also
> > investigate the old and new focus behaviour.  One thing I'm fairly confident of
> > however, is that after setting the caret offset in heading1, the test4 link
> > should not (and does not after the patch) have the focus.  Where the focus
> > actually goes, I don't know!  But, I'll find out.
>
> Any updates Bill?
>
> Take care.
> --joanie