[u-a-dev] [Bug 66720] Orca fails to read web pages in Firefox

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis]

Public bug reported:

1. Start Orca
2. Enable Braille Monitor under Orca preferences.
3. Start Gnome Terminal
4. In Terminal, execute "export GTK_MODULES=" (I explain why below).
5. In Terminal, execute "firefox"
6. Visit a webpage
7. Press F7 and select OK to enable caret browsing mode.
8. A caret should now be visible in the web page. As you move it around with the arrow keys, Orca should read the web page text. But this doesn't happen! Orca remains silent.

NB: GTK_MODULES is set to null because of the following Firefox bug,
which causes Orca to sometimes reads "PANEL" instead of the web page
content:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339554

See also:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341463

Sadly, this would be difficult to make a default setting since it also
breaks the file picker:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332660

** Affects: gnome-orca (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Orca fails to read web pages in Firefox
https://launchpad.net/bugs/66720