Locked Re: Updated Firefox to version 89, can no longer use w/NVDA
Gene
Which means nothing. the problem may not affect most or the majority
of users. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Beta testing is done with a lot of people using a lot of different
computers because a program that works well on most machines may not on some and
the purpose of beta testing is to look for unknown problems that show up on some
systems.
Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Smart
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2021 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Updated Firefox to version 89, can no longer use
w/NVDA
that's
three of us now with no problems.
On 2021-06-03 12:52 p.m., Shaun Oliver wrote:
> um, I just updated to version 89.0 and I've not seen any issue what so
> ever.
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> On 3/06/2021 2:44 pm, Jackie rambled on about the following:
>> press ctrl l & run about:config. Press the button to tell them you'll
>> accept the risk. Search for the word accessibility. Having thus said,
>> that does not appear to be the problem.
>>
>> Jamie can't reproduce this on any system in his possession, but he & I
>> will be working together tomorrow evening my time, Friday morning his,
>> to see if we can't reach some sort of conclusions.
>>
>> On 6/2/21, Ron Canazzi <aa2vm@...> wrote:
>>> Hi Group,
>>>
>>> I m wondering that if by default Firefox 89 is having the box
>>> concerning
>>> blocking accessibility checked checked by default. If this is true,
>>> there is a way using a hack of some sort involving the configuration
>>> editor to uncheck it without having to use sighted assistance.
>>> Unfortunately, I seem to have deleted the information concerning just
>>> how this is done.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/2/2021 2:16 PM, Jackie wrote:
>>>> Obviously not, since I'm the 1 who actually started this thread. Given
>>>> that at least 1 other individual is experiencing this, & given that
>>>> Mozilla has made significant underlying changes to its interface, I'd
>>>> seriously suggest updating w/caution. I guess I'll not comment any
>>>> more though, because Narrator & Jaws don't work w/it either, so I
>>>> think this is not an issue w/NVDA, & I apologize for posting regarding
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Interestingly, if I start firefox when choosing a profile every time,
>>>> it works. If I select any profile & start it up w/o asking, it blows
>>>> up. In other words, even if I choose a profile from the profile list
>>>> and start it, everything's fine. If I load the same profile
>>>> automatically, stuff craters. Go figure! How the firetruck does one
>>>> report that & be believable?
>>>>
>>>> On 6/2/21, brice Mijares <bmijares33@...> wrote:
>>>>> Are you the only one having this problem? I'd like to know, that a
>>>>> way I
>>>>> can say no to the update. thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/2/2021 9:49 AM, Sue J. Ward wrote:
>>>>>> Hello. I am experiencing the same thing with NVDA, I
>>>>>> uninstalled and
>>>>>> reinstalled firefox, ran the calm registration tool, created a new
>>>>>> profile, still nothing and did a system file check, did not find
>>>>>> anything. According to the scan everything was fixed on my windows10
>>>>>> home machine. That is the one I am on right now writing out the
>>>>>> email.
>>>>>> Whenever I go to the website just to give you an example
>>>>>> cbsnews.com,
>>>>>> I load it on to firefox and getting unknown message whenever I tab
>>>>>> around the page think it loads, whenever I press the arrow keys it
>>>>>> says unknown, am tabbing around again it comes up with unknown
>>>>>> but am
>>>>>> not sure what is going on, but when I am going in to the help
>>>>>> section,
>>>>>> I have to run the trouble shoot mode, it restarts in trouble shoot
>>>>>> mode everything is fine when am on a website so what is going on
>>>>>> here?
>>>>>> I am not on a network of any kind just your typical modem from
>>>>>> Cox.com
>>>>>> using a wired connection. However I do have a second machine
>>>>>> windows10
>>>>>> pro 64 bit and both the home machine and the pro machine have
>>>>>> everything up to date and are running 64 bit, it is weird on the
>>>>>> windows10 pro I did not have to do anything firefox works great on
>>>>>> that one verses the home machine. I can not figure out why I have to
>>>>>> restart firefox in trouble shoot mode on the windows home machine. I
>>>>>> even did a reset think that would help, no such luck there. In
>>>>>> fact I
>>>>>> did load jaws, nothing there. Could someone tell us what is going on
>>>>>> here? Thank you.
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>>> They ask: "How Happy are You?"
>>> I Say: "I'm as happy as a stow away chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
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On 2021-06-03 12:52 p.m., Shaun Oliver wrote:
> um, I just updated to version 89.0 and I've not seen any issue what so
> ever.
>
>
> On 3/06/2021 2:44 pm, Jackie rambled on about the following:
>> press ctrl l & run about:config. Press the button to tell them you'll
>> accept the risk. Search for the word accessibility. Having thus said,
>> that does not appear to be the problem.
>>
>> Jamie can't reproduce this on any system in his possession, but he & I
>> will be working together tomorrow evening my time, Friday morning his,
>> to see if we can't reach some sort of conclusions.
>>
>> On 6/2/21, Ron Canazzi <aa2vm@...> wrote:
>>> Hi Group,
>>>
>>> I m wondering that if by default Firefox 89 is having the box
>>> concerning
>>> blocking accessibility checked checked by default. If this is true,
>>> there is a way using a hack of some sort involving the configuration
>>> editor to uncheck it without having to use sighted assistance.
>>> Unfortunately, I seem to have deleted the information concerning just
>>> how this is done.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/2/2021 2:16 PM, Jackie wrote:
>>>> Obviously not, since I'm the 1 who actually started this thread. Given
>>>> that at least 1 other individual is experiencing this, & given that
>>>> Mozilla has made significant underlying changes to its interface, I'd
>>>> seriously suggest updating w/caution. I guess I'll not comment any
>>>> more though, because Narrator & Jaws don't work w/it either, so I
>>>> think this is not an issue w/NVDA, & I apologize for posting regarding
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> Interestingly, if I start firefox when choosing a profile every time,
>>>> it works. If I select any profile & start it up w/o asking, it blows
>>>> up. In other words, even if I choose a profile from the profile list
>>>> and start it, everything's fine. If I load the same profile
>>>> automatically, stuff craters. Go figure! How the firetruck does one
>>>> report that & be believable?
>>>>
>>>> On 6/2/21, brice Mijares <bmijares33@...> wrote:
>>>>> Are you the only one having this problem? I'd like to know, that a
>>>>> way I
>>>>> can say no to the update. thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/2/2021 9:49 AM, Sue J. Ward wrote:
>>>>>> Hello. I am experiencing the same thing with NVDA, I
>>>>>> uninstalled and
>>>>>> reinstalled firefox, ran the calm registration tool, created a new
>>>>>> profile, still nothing and did a system file check, did not find
>>>>>> anything. According to the scan everything was fixed on my windows10
>>>>>> home machine. That is the one I am on right now writing out the
>>>>>> email.
>>>>>> Whenever I go to the website just to give you an example
>>>>>> cbsnews.com,
>>>>>> I load it on to firefox and getting unknown message whenever I tab
>>>>>> around the page think it loads, whenever I press the arrow keys it
>>>>>> says unknown, am tabbing around again it comes up with unknown
>>>>>> but am
>>>>>> not sure what is going on, but when I am going in to the help
>>>>>> section,
>>>>>> I have to run the trouble shoot mode, it restarts in trouble shoot
>>>>>> mode everything is fine when am on a website so what is going on
>>>>>> here?
>>>>>> I am not on a network of any kind just your typical modem from
>>>>>> Cox.com
>>>>>> using a wired connection. However I do have a second machine
>>>>>> windows10
>>>>>> pro 64 bit and both the home machine and the pro machine have
>>>>>> everything up to date and are running 64 bit, it is weird on the
>>>>>> windows10 pro I did not have to do anything firefox works great on
>>>>>> that one verses the home machine. I can not figure out why I have to
>>>>>> restart firefox in trouble shoot mode on the windows home machine. I
>>>>>> even did a reset think that would help, no such luck there. In
>>>>>> fact I
>>>>>> did load jaws, nothing there. Could someone tell us what is going on
>>>>>> here? Thank you.
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> Sponsored by
>>>>>> https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_taglines_more
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Amazon Has Plans to Share Your Internet on June 8
>>>>>> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/60b7b69a5d99136993ba5st01duc1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Trump's Blog Page Is No More
>>>>>> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/60b7b69a813c536993ba5st01duc2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Florida Man Cites 'Stand Your Ground' in Iguana Killing
>>>>>> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/60b7b69aa473136993ba5st01duc3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> --
>>> They Ask Me If I'm Happy; I say Yes.
>>> They ask: "How Happy are You?"
>>> I Say: "I'm as happy as a stow away chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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