today is the release date of FireFox 57. Here is some information from
MarCo's Accessibility Blog that folks may find interesting and helpful
plus some ways to help further FireFox development.
https://www.marcozehe.de/2017/11/07/firefox-57-nvda-users-perspective/

Steve

On 11/8/17, Jeanne Fike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I got the following information from another list and wondered about
> members' thoughts?
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>      Jeanne
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> If you are a screen reader user and also a user of the Mozilla
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> Firefox web browser, please pay close attention to the following
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> information.  Do not update to the soon to be released Firefox
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> 57.
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> This upgrade represents such a significant technical and
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> performance
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> change that it's going to be known as Firefox Quantum.  The
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> changes in
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> Firefox Quantum are designed to improve the speed and security of
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> the
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> browser.  This, unfortunately, also impacts on the user
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> experience for
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> screen reader users, most screen access software is completely
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> incompatible with Firefox Quantum and those that still function
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> will
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> exhibit a serious deterioration in performance.  At this stage,
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> the
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> National Federation of the Blind access technology team, VFO and
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> NV
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> Access are all recommending that users switch to using Firefox's
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> Extended Support Release (ESR) version in order to have the
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> latest
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> browser security features and to avoid 57 until it is suitable
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> for
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> use with screen readers.
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>
>
> You can
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> <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/>downloa
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> d
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> Firefox ESR here.
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> <http://blog.freedomscientific.com/2017/10/25/important-informati
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> on-for-users-of-mozilla-firefox/>Freedom
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> Scientific Statement on Firefox Quantum
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> <https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-halloween-2017-edition/
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>>NV
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> Access statement on Firefox Quantum
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> Eric Duffy
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 Steve Hoad


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