[Nfbnet-members-list] Important Message for users of Firefox and screen Readers

[Duffy, Eric]

If you are a screen reader user and also a user of the Mozilla 
Firefox web browser, please pay close attention to the following 
information. Do not update to the soon to be released Firefox 57. 
This upgrade represents such a significant technical and performance 
change that it's going to be known as Firefox Quantum. The changes in 
Firefox Quantum are designed to improve the speed and security of the 
browser. This, unfortunately, also impacts on the user experience for 
screen reader users, most screen access software is completely 
incompatible with Firefox Quantum and those that still function will 
exhibit a serious deterioration in performance. At this stage, the 
National Federation of the Blind access technology team, VFO and NV 
Access are all recommending that users switch to using Firefox's 
Extended Support Release (ESR) version in order to have the latest 
browser security features and to avoid 57 until it is suitable for 
use with screen readers.

You can 
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/>download 
Firefox ESR here.
<http://blog.freedomscientific.com/2017/10/25/important-information-for-users-of-mozilla-firefox/>Freedom 
Scientific Statement on Firefox Quantum
<https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-halloween-2017-edition/>NV 
Access statement on Firefox Quantum




Eric Duffy
Director of Access Technology
200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, extension 2401 | EDuffy at nfb.org


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