Re: [orca-list] need testing for a Firefox bug fix

[Mike Gorse <mgorse alum wpi edu>]

If you're using GNOME 3, it should be accessible without you needing to 
set the gconf key or set GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1 in your environment first. 
If you're using GNOME 2, it should continue to be accessible.

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012, hackingKK wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> Could you please tell me, what will this bug fix do?
> I mean what positive change will I be able to notice if I try it?
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
> On 27/01/12 20:04, Mike Gorse wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > So Trevor and I have made a fix for the Firefox issue where it doesn't 
> > detect that accessibility is enabled on GNOME 3:
> > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693343
> >
> > Currently, the fix is in trunk (the Firefox 12 tree) and aurora (the tree 
> > that will become Firefox 11) but not the Firefox 10 beta. Getting changes 
> > into aurora and beta requires extra approval, and Mozilla developers are 
> > fairly conservative about what they allow in.
> >
> > Anyway, one of the Mozilla accessibility developers thinks that testing 
> > from the GNOME accessibility community might help get the patch landed into 
> > beta, so if anyone would like to test a build with the patch and comment on 
> > the bug with the distribution/version that you tested with, then that would 
> > be welcome. This applies whether you're using GNOME 2 or GNOME 3--it needs 
> > to not introduce regressions for GNOME 2, which in theory it shouldn't.
> >
> > Anyway, you can get a nightly Aurora 911) build that includes the fix at 
> > ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Mike G-
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