[NFBCS] Accessibee doesn't work well with Firefox

[mike at michaelhingson.com]

I agree with Curtis. Tabbing by no means always is the optimal way to move around a screen. In the case of Tracy’s issue it will be investigated. I have seen some of these behaviors before and, unfortunately, the problem is not always with accessiBe nor however the site was coded for accessibility. As someone said at a meeting a few years ago, “you can’t use any access technology to fix bad software”. However, we do need to make sure whether or not accessiBe is all or part of the culprit. More to follow.


Best Regards,


Michael Hingson

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via NFBCS
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Cc: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Accessibee doesn't work well with Firefox

Greetings:

On September 6, Tracy Carcione wrote"
" I was filling out a form and it skipped required fields in screen reader mode."

It's bad enough that required fields in forms are being skipped in screen reader mode, and it is even worse when there are web pages where elements that show up as links cannot be reached by tabbing. This reinforces what I teach about web browsers in Windows--which is that using the tab key as the predominant way of navigating through web pages is not optimal. This is why the virtual cursors that all screen reading programs provide is incredibly useful for us nonvisual users.

Kind regards,

Curtis Chong

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