Hi Lou: In my opinion, that was an unacceptible response from the developers of Firefox. I wonder if the staff at GW Micro have contacted Mozilla about this issue.
With respect to the hacker being able to hack older versions of Firefox, I believe that, since this person is blind or visually impaired, as we were told, he/she/them has (or have) an axe to grind with GW Micro, and/or Serotech so I wonder if they would bother breaking into Firefox. On 1/23/15, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > The Mozilla development team have recommended that if you cannot use their > latest and greatest, you should use another browser. Maybe the Ai Squared > hacker can also exploit older versions of FF. Worth mentioning. > > Lou N. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:54 AM > To: Brandon Miller > Cc: GW Micro Product Discussion Listserv > Subject: Re: Reading things with what used to be the Window-eyes mouse keys > > Well, if you are using firefox, past version 30, mouse keys do not work, > even using the steps in the gwmicro kb article. I am not sure about > which version of Thunderbird, but the same applies. For the firefox > version 30, follow the steps in the gw micro kb article and you should > be able to use the mouse keys again. I would suggest however, if you > want to route the mouse to a specific item, internet explorer might > serve you getter. > > Brandon Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For quite a while now I haven't been able to reliably make use of what >> we used to call the Window-eyes mouse keys. To any Ai Squared >> personnel reading this who may have no idea what I'm talking about, >> here's what's up. In previous iterations of Window-eyes, using the >> keyboard (the numpad in particular) it was possible to work with the >> physical mouse pointer to read by several granularity types I.E >> pixuls, characters, words, clips, lines, Etc.. Now, the "ding" of >> Windows, wherein the system lets you know audibly that, "I don't know >> what you're trying to do but you're not doing it right" has become all >> too familiar, and far too common. For me at least, mouse commands >> don't work right in either Mozilla's Thunderbird, or Firefox >> applications. With numlock turned off, insert+left arrow, >> ding. Insert+right arrow, ding. The eight key on the numpad, ding. The >> two key on the numpad, ding. Insert+numpad five, ding. Grrrr! What the >> heck! Dang it! I feel your frustration fellow Window-eyes warriors, >> trust me I do. I would however like to point out something I've >> noticed, which leads me to believe that it may, perhaps, not be Ai >> Squared's falt. You see, with regard to the problems I just mentioned >> struggling with on literally a daily basis, I have experienced the >> exact, and I do mean the exact, same phenomena using both Window-eyes >> 8.4, and now Window-eyes 9.0. Also, to elaborate a bit further, for a >> time I was using Window-eyes 8.4 professional on a Windows Xp pro, >> service pack three machine, and I am now using Window-eyes 9.0 on a >> different, physically separate, Windows seven home premium >> machine. Nevertheless, I continue to experience the same sort of >> frustrations. Based on what I've just told you though, can you see >> what I mean about it may, perhaps, not be Ai Squared's falt? Two >> different machines, two different operating systems, two different >> versions of Window-eyes, but the same dang annoying behavior? What in >> the world? Do you suppose it could have something to do with the >> overall methodology that Mozilla uses when designing, or at least when >> coding, their apps? Ai Squared, Most of the applications that the >> Mozilla foundation supports and puts their name and stamp of approval >> on are aledgedly a lot more open source than competing apps. So, >> shouldn't that (in theory at least) make it simpler for Window-eyes to >> communicate bidirectionally with Mozilla's apps? Or, could it be that >> the problem is perhaps more deeply rooted? Could it somehow be >> connected to something having to do with a microsoft subsystem? What's >> the deal guys, by which I mean Ai Squared, are you willing to at least >> take a gander at what you think could be causing this? I have, so come >> on. Step up. Speak out. Let your opinion be known. It's a free country >> after all, so don't be scared, don't be bashful, don't be shy, what's >> up? What can you tell us? How about you friends, by which I mean my >> fellow users of Window-eyes, what say you? >> >> -- >> Respectfully submitted, >> >> Brandon Dean Miller >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. 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