Re: [orca-list] what is the current status with form field accessibility in firefox

[Deedra Waters <Deedra the-brannons com>]

I tried the "stable" versions of gnome/orca/ff/tb last week. i consider 
both unuseable under linux. i can't remember if letters are spoken when 
you type, but i do know that when you backspace to errace letters and so 
on, it doesn't speak what should be there.

Nope i dont find this useable at all especially when i need a gui for 
certain things. I'm afraid to see if libreoffice works :P

On 3/15/2012 7:17 AM, hackingKK wrote:
> HI,
>
> On 15/03/12 17:01, Jakob Herrmann wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using an orca-git version built last weekend and just updated to
> > Ff and Tb11. The issues are still there, wich means:
> > * Braille is not updated when typing in address bar or a form field in
> > Firefox.
> > * Braille is not updated when typing in any message field in 
> > Thunderbird.
> > * Word echo does not work in Ff and Tb, but doesn't either e.g. in
> > gnome-terminal, so I don't know if this is related to the same bug.
> > I'll re-build orca and at-spi-related components later today and try
> > if something have changed. Trying out a master version of at-spi2-core
> > at least fixed the issue with edit boxes and focus for me (e.g. in
> > gedit), but caused serious trouble with Firefox: Navigating through
> > pages was practically impossible and I had permanent crashes and
> > "deadlocks", so I downgraded at-spi2-core to stable. Maybe something
> > has changed with the release of Ff10. As far as I know, the bug with
> > form fields etc. has to be fixed by Mozilla and I don't understand why
> > nothing has changed for almost a year right now.
>
>
> This is really serious in that case.
> I think ff guys have to be informed as early as possible and with a 
> sense of utmost urgency.
> For blind users it is really the most crutial bug and the only way out 
> of it will be to really downgrade.
> As it is chromium browser is not accessible so ff is our only choice.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
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