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bando?ers

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Oct 25, 2009, 2:05:26 AM10/25/09
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Howdy folks,
Maybe Jamie or someone can tell me which t-bird beta to try for best
results with screenreaders..., or should I wait a few weeks for the
official release? Not scared of betas, but the release is close is it not?
Cheers,
Burt Henry
Steve Urbach
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I must; I'm using Windows.

Alexander Surkov

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Oct 25, 2009, 9:16:29 PM10/25/09
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On Oct 25, 2:05 pm, bando?ers <burt1ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy folks,
> Maybe Jamie or someone can tell me which t-bird beta to try for best
> results with screenreaders..., or should I wait a few weeks for the
> official release?  Not scared of betas, but the release is close is it not?
> Cheers,
> Burt Henry
> Steve Urbach
> <dragonsc...@NOTmindspring.com>

>
>   wrote:
>
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> You Like Malware?
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>
> I must; I'm using Windows.


Hi.

I assume you talk about Firefox. I think you should try trunk version
of Firefox 3.7 (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/
nightly/). There is couple of improvements there (especially it
concerns to accessible tables) which aren't presented in other version
of firefox and probably they won't be. I would guess release version
of Firefox 3.7 isn't expected really soon (at least it has alpha
status still).

Alex.

bando?ers

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Oct 26, 2009, 2:16:10 PM10/26/09
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Hi,


Alexander Surkov escribi�:


> On Oct 25, 2:05 pm, bando?ers <burt1ib...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>... Maybe Jamie or someone can tell me which t-bird beta to try for best


>> results with screenreaders..., or should I wait a few weeks for the
>> official release?

...
>> Burt Henry


>
>
> Hi.
>
> I assume you talk about Firefox.

You assume wrong my friend, asking about Thunderbird. No access probs
with FF, but thanks.
les)


> of firefox and probably they won't be. I would guess release version
> of Firefox 3.7 isn't expected really soon (at least it has alpha
> status still).
>

The release of TB rc is right around the corner, and so I guess the
official ver is not far behind.
Burt H.

Alexander Surkov

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Oct 27, 2009, 5:58:53 AM10/27/09
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On Oct 27, 2:16 am, bando?ers <burt1ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Alexander Surkov escribió:

Ok, then it's preferable to use Thunderbird based on Gecko 1.9.3.

Alex.

Wayne Mery

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Oct 27, 2009, 9:00:22 AM10/27/09
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On 10/27/2009 5:58 AM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
> On Oct 27, 2:16 am, bando?ers<burt1ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Alexander Surkov escribi�:

>>
>>> On Oct 25, 2:05 pm, bando?ers<burt1ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> ... Maybe Jamie or someone can tell me which t-bird beta to try for best
>>>> results with screenreaders..., or should I wait a few weeks for the
>>>> official release?
>> ...
>>>> Burt Henry
>>
>>> Hi.
>>
>>> I assume you talk about Firefox.
>>
>> You assume wrong my friend, asking about Thunderbird. No access probs
>> with FF, but thanks.
>> les)> of firefox and probably they won't be. I would guess release version
>>> of Firefox 3.7 isn't expected really soon (at least it has alpha
>>> status still).
>>
>> The release of TB rc is right around the corner, and so I guess the
>> official ver is not far behind.
>> Burt H.
>
> Ok, then it's preferable to use Thunderbird based on Gecko 1.9.3.
>
> Alex.

By which, you mean Thunderbird trunk? In terms of Thunderbird
accessibility, why use trunk/Gecko 1.9.3? (Note, it is not clear what
version of Gecko will be used for what is being referred to as TB 3.next
- it might be 1.9.2, 1.9.3, or something else unforseen)

TB3.0 has two open accessibility blockers -
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518337
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516680

FWIW, all TB accessibility bugs http://tinyurl.com/yhmwazx

Alexander Surkov

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Oct 30, 2009, 5:49:47 AM10/30/09
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On Oct 27, 9:00 pm, Wayne Mery <vseer...@lehigh.edu> wrote:
> On 10/27/2009 5:58 AM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 27, 2:16 am, bando?ers<burt1ib...@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> Alexander Surkov escribió:


Prior to yesterday it was correct because major accessible table
patches were landed on Gecko 1.9.3 only (thunderbird uses xul:tree
which is exposed as accessible table to AT). But yesterday all these
patches were landed on Gecko 1.9.2. So latest thunderbird based on
this version of Gecko should be great for testing I think.

Alex.

Wayne Mery

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Oct 31, 2009, 7:30:28 AM10/31/09
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On 10/30/2009 5:49 AM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
> On Oct 27, 9:00 pm, Wayne Mery<vseer...@lehigh.edu> wrote:
>> On 10/27/2009 5:58 AM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 27, 2:16 am, bando?ers<burt1ib...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>
>>>> Alexander Surkov escribi�:
>> FWIW, all TB accessibility bugs http://tinyurl.com/yhmwazx

>
>
> Prior to yesterday it was correct because major accessible table
> patches were landed on Gecko 1.9.3 only (thunderbird uses xul:tree
> which is exposed as accessible table to AT). But yesterday all these
> patches were landed on Gecko 1.9.2. So latest thunderbird based on
> this version of Gecko should be great for testing I think.
>
> Alex.

So that would be trunk
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-central-trunk/

burt henry

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Nov 5, 2009, 12:15:33 PM11/5/09
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thanks for the ftp link/haven't installed anything yet, but it's nice to
have. I'll probably wait for the RC.
Burt
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