I agree, and I'm glad Mozilla developers are working on it. Firefox is very accessible under Linux and Windows - I've used both. I haven't downloaded the Mac OS version yet.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2020 9:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Firefox updates. The voiceover support in Firefox is coming along nicely. There are still a few gaps with how it works but it's definitely useable. And certainly having another accessible browser on the mac is a good thing. > On Dec 18, 2020, at 7:38 AM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A couple folks have asked me about why use firefox. I was going to grab some > information I had received in a different channel about Firefox and VoiceOver > support, but have not had a chance. Perhaps over the weekend, that will be > possible. > but in terms of Safari vs Firefox I believe that Firefox more closely follows > the updates to web standards. There are a couple places where the > accessibility development community has had to say you can't use this > technique if you plan to support VoiceOver on Macintosh. Hopefully, with > Firefox we can get more sites that we can access. Also, you might want to > reserve your banking activities to a browser different from news and > entertainment. Perhaps on Youtube you have an extension that allows you to > downloads movies but you did not pay for the extension, so it is probably > getting paid by looking at your browsing habits and sharing that with > advertisers. Better to have a Browser free of such stuff for your money. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/B4B8B27B-18D1-47BE-8CEE-DD5A71690D1F%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1388E129-90AC-415A-8E90-8C5431121182%40charter.net. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/01a001d6d6ff%2417b5e710%244721b530%24%40jasonjgw.net.
