Hi,

They do have plugins.

Regards,
Alex,


On 7-Jul-09, at 1:43 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:

> Yes, for some reason Safari doesn't appear to have a plugin  
> architecture or at least I've not run across any plugins for it. I  
> guess plugins lean toward one side of the capability complexity  
> trade off. You can add lots of neat new stuff but you might blow up  
> your browser. Probably for 99% of the surfers out there they don't  
> really care about plugins but web developers live by them.  
> Especially ones like Firebug or the accessibility toolbar. If all I  
> want to do is 'use' the web then Safari should be the fastest way to  
> do that. Maybe because they don't support plugins their code could  
> be cleaner?
>
> CB
>
> James & Nash wrote:
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> The only downside to using Safari is that it seems that you cannot   
>> install Firefox plugins due to the open source nature  of FF.  
>> However, perhaps this has changed in the past year.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Chris Blouch
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: Firefox and Flash
>>
>> Firefox 3.5 came out last week but I was disappointed to find  
>> accessibility has not improved. That is, other than the window  
>> title and menus (stuff generated by the OS) it was entirely  
>> inaccessible. I was hoping there would at least be the first  
>> glimmers of VO support. That said, Safari still trounces FF (and  
>> all other popular browsers) in Javascript performance.
>>
>> CB
>>
>> James & Nash wrote:
>>>
>>> Not from waht i've read and heard.  Shame but hopefully it will be  
>>> by the
>>> end of this year.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "william lomas" <lomaswill...@googlemail.com>
>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:54 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Firefox and Flash
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> but the browser itself is not yet accessible to us, right?
>>>>
>>>> On 7 Jul 2009, at 17:27, James & Nash wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I believe that the one for Firefox makes the Flash content into a
>>>>> buton
>>>>> which can be pressed. Not sure about the Safari one though.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "william lomas" <lomaswill...@googlemail.com>
>>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:13 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Firefox and Flash
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> yeah but is there one which enables access to it? smile
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7 Jul 2009, at 14:50, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a plugin for Safari that disables Flash.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Alex,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7-Jul-09, at 1:35 AM, James & Nash wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Will,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Once Fire Fox becomes accessible with VO you'll find that there
>>>>>>>> is a
>>>>>>>> plugin
>>>>>>>> which helps blind users cope with the increasing prevelance of
>>>>>>>> Flash
>>>>>>>> on  the
>>>>>>>> web.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Take care
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >


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