Here it is...Ubuntu Phone

Jonathan Nadeau j.nadeau at charter.net
Mon Jan 7 20:22:11 UTC 2013


Well said.

On 01/07/2013 03:14 PM, Kyle wrote:
> I do lots of things with my computer using Linux. Granted, my primary
> distro is Arch Linux rather than Ubuntu, so I get all the latest stuff
> as soon as it's released, but I don't use Windows, except the very
> rare times when I need to print something, because I have yet to
> purchase a good printer, at which times I use a left-over XP install
> on a 10-year-old box. I browse many websites on my Linux box using
> Orca and Firefox, and I use no other browser, not even
> Chrome+ChromeVox. I have nothing against trying different things, but
> I tend to stick with what works, and Firefox+Orca works quite well
> here. I have yet to find a website that is impossible to navigate,
> with the exception of Flash content, which is more miss than hit on
> any browser in any OS. Yes, the times I still have to use Windows for
> printing, I find NVDA to be quite usable, but if making Firefox+Orca
> more usable for others means converting to a clunky virtual buffer
> system that doesn't handle dynamic content well, and cludgy
> work-arounds like lists of links, then I'll hold off on the downgr ...
> I mean upgrade, thank you very much.
>
> Yes, Firefox and the way Orca works with it could be improved, and
> this is happening. But saying that you'd rather use Windows for web
> browsing because you haven't even tried the latest versions of either
> Orca or Firefox is utterly ridiculous. So before spouting and spitting
> about how accessibility needs to improve, first start by trying the
> latest versions of things, so that you can file more informed bug
> reports based on the newest, dare I say shiniest, technology.
> ~Kyle
> http://kyle.tk/




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