Yes. But many who are running the latest Firefox & using a
screenreader are not reporting such problems, which suggests that this
is not entirely an ff-screenreader problem. If everyone using NVDA
were having trouble, I would say yes--of course--there is some sort of
problem occurring w/that interaction. But that is clearly not the
case. So there's something else afoot here. & it may or may not have
anything to do w/NVDA. Obviously it's difficult to take the
screenreader out of the equation, though perhaps experimenting
w/Narrator, especially if on Windows 10, to see if FF acts similarly
might be instructive. Sometimes malware ensconces itself in only the
default browser. Sometimes a large number of temp files can slow it
drastically which can accumulate over time when using a browser
consistently & not performing maintenance. There are lots of factors
to consider. Those are just a few off the top & before coffee. & since
not everyone who's using NVDA is experiencing these symmptoms, they
should be, as should others. I don't think, given the circumstances,
it can be concluded w/any degree of certainty that this is a problem
between NVDA & FF exclusively.
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On 6/29/18, Gene <gsasner@ripco.com> wrote: No one has said their computer is slow. They say it is slow running
quantum. They switch browsers because they get the performance they
expect.
Gene
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From: Shaun Everiss
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 12:20 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] I've had it with Firefox
Well to be honest, every thing running even if its a program in your
notification tray should be treated the same.
So on this windows 7 box right now I have 5 windows open.
Not all of these are windows, what users tend to do me included is treat
opened windows as just opened program, every service, every startup
every notification icon should be treated the same.
Its a program taking up resources.
A screen reader is another open window.
So when you say a pc is being slow, it may be fine without a screen
reader running on it.
On 6/30/2018 2:44 PM, Jackie wrote:
Gene, the truth is that:
a) a screenreader, by its very nature, is going to slow down a machine
to varying degrees; &
b) Some things having to do w/those varying degrees are other programs
running on a machine taking up memory, etc. Sighted users also notice
browser slowdowns when malware or too many other programs are present.
Believe me, I know--I've cleaned literally hundreds of them. It's also
worth cleaning out temporary files, as these, too, can slow down
browsing.
It would be interesting to look at programs running on folks' machines
who are having trouble vs those who are not to see if any sort of
common ground can be found. The opinion is not necessarily a hard &
fast 1, just something I've noted from fixing lots & lots of computers
for both blind & sighted folks alike. I guess what I'm saying is I'm
not sure the screenreader is actually really involved, except to the
extent that screenreaders slow down a computer, or, if it is, that
other factors may be of far greater importance.
On 6/29/18, Lino Morales <linomorales001@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with Gene here. Office 365 really was the only thing on here and
a
couple of HP MS Store apps since this PC is an HP.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Gene
<gsasner@ripco.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 5:44:59 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] I've had it with Firefox
I don't see any basis for forming any but a very tenuous opinion that
bloatware might be the cause of this problem. Why would bloatware
interfere
with the working of a screen-reader with a browser? the problem started
when Quantum was developed. Bloatware, uninstalling office, etc. has no
evident connection with the problem. But to try to get evidence, are
those
experiencing a problem using a machine with bloatware or on which a
significant amount has been removed? Conversely what about those
without
the problem? Does your machine have or has it had bloatware?
Gene
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From: Lino Morales<mailto:linomorales001@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 4:10 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io<mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [nvda] I've had it with Firefox
I took Office 365 off my computer last year when I got it cause I can’t
afford the subscription.
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<nvda@nvda.groups.io<mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>> on behalf of Jackie
<abletec@gmail.com<mailto:abletec@gmail.com>>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 2:23:54 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io<mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [nvda] I've had it with Firefox
I don't think that concluding there's an interaction w/accessibility
technology in terms of FF's slowness is necessarily valid. My own
tendency is to feel that there may be something like vendorware (yall
know--the crap vendors load onto their machines) or malware (perhaps
vendorware & malware are 1 & the same)--might be responsible. In terms
of not running any addons, you should really check, because sometimes
Office, etc, installs addons you may not even be aware of unless you
go in & look. Mostly just thinkin out loud on a Friday, & that's
always dangerous for me.
On 6/29/18, Lino Morales <linomorales001@gmail.com> wrote:
So do I. For now its making browsing much faster. Of course I’ll
continue
to
use Edge for some things, but I’m so used to the FF layout.
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From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Rosemarie
Chavarria <knitqueen2007@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2018 12:43:43 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] I've had it with Firefox
Hi, Lino,
I use waterfox and it works great for me. It's a bit faster than
firefox
and
I like that.
Rosemarie
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Lino
Morales
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 10:47 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] I've had it with Firefox
Well like I said in my subject line I’ve had I
with firefox. Every site is slowith NVDa even the mobile FB site. I bit
the
bullet and downloaded Waterfox. Seems to work much better. May I’ll
wait
ti
FF 70 and see how fast that will be. So long FF. Me and WF and Edge are
good
buddies.
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