Re: [orca-list] Firefox 4.0RC2 initially inaccessible to orca

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

Hi Fer.

> This is a know issue that comes from a limitation on the atk signal,
> affecting those toolkits sending the delete events in a asyncronous
> way (Gecko and Java for example, but not gtk):
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619002
>
> Now we have landed new signals on atk to fix this, and probably we
> will take advantage of it on the next firefox 4 point release.
> However, currently the fix for atk/at-spi will be only included on
> GNOME 3. If there are many people still using GNOME 2.32 + firefox, we
> can try to push an updated atk/at-spi for GNOME 2.32 including the
> fix.

It is my understanding that at least several distros will not be making
the switch to AT-SPI2 in their upcoming release. Please push it.

Thanks!
--joanie