Comment 76 for bug 602877

Hy Micah,

Sorry if my comment parts are perhaps little offtopic this problem related:
This is a difficult question, because newest Firefox and Thunderbird
releases are containing for example following important bug for A11y
related:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619002
A screen reader user important to hear the deleted characters for
example if writing a new e-mail or writing any data with a webpage, for
example if writing comments, or if online doing financial operations
with a net bank.
I using Ubuntu releases with screen reader support only, and Using
basicaly Firefox 3.6 release my Lucid system.
Since Firefox 4.0 release this bug is present, the developers working
this bug fixing, now I think this bug fix target milestone is Firefox 10.
Lucid release default containing Orca screen reader 2.30 version, with
not support I think default good with Thunderbird 3.1.x releases,
default slow the list navigation with large mail folders.
This problem are wonderful fixed with Orca 3.0 version, but this version
are default GNOME 3.0 compatible, I need doing a patched version of 3.0
package my Lucid system with not containing gsettings related changes.

Orca 3.0 release wonderful usable for example Thunderbird 3.1.15
version, but newest Thunderbird 7.0 release containing too this
backspace echoing related issue.
Newest Thunderbird 7.0 and Orca 3.2 release are have performance issues
for example with Oneiric, with I not found yet a workaround to resolve:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660218

I no and agree, Mozilla support modell is changed, fastest releasing the
Mozilla products releases, so Ubuntu Mozilla team work is not easy to
always follow up changes. More sighted users using worldwide Ubuntu
releases, and would like upgrade perhaps the newest releases. But what
will be happening if an upgrade breaks A11y support for a Mozilla
product with visual impaired users worldwide?
Possible doing future an easy possibility to easy install prewious
Mozilla products version?
For example, if I install direct firefox-3.6 package version, will be
upgrading now automaticaly with newest upstream main releases with
rolling if main stable version are changing, because main firefox
package version is changing. For exampe, if you are uploading Lucid
branch the Firefox 7.0 package version, will be upgrading now my Firefox
version from 3.6 to 7.0, and I will be experiencing Orca not spokening
for example text entry fields deleted characters and very surprised if I
not known this A11y related bug.
Now not have possibility to I determine for example I would like only
Firefox 3.6 related security updates, or I don't known the good
technique. :-):-)
Not good possibility to visual impaired users holding Firefox and
Thunderbird releases, because this operation result not awailable the
security updates for a Firefox and Thunderbird release entire.
Lot of visual impaired users using Ubuntu or Ubuntu based accessibility
support completed derivative distribution.
An international distribution with affecting this upgrade is Vinux:
http://vinuxproject.org/

Attila