Re: [orca-list] Firefox caching



I feel this creates many more problems than it solves given the dynamic nature of the web in 2010. The screen readers that employ these virtual buffers find themselves struggling with buffers becoming outdated due to Javascript or other client-side technologies that modify the document object model without reloading the page, which is the trigger for the caching process used by these screen readers. Sluggishness notwithstanding, Orca's foresaking the use of virtual buffers is one of its greatest advantages in my opinion, and I am confident there are more effective ways to improve Orca's performance in HTML environments..
On 09/11/2010 06:33 AM, Isaac Porat wrote:
Hi

My impression based on watching many messages on the Vinux list and my own experience that a major barrier for people not using Linux more intensively is lacking performance with Firefox and to a lesser extent Thunderbird probably the most two significant applications for most people.

Leaving aside the important subjects of perhaps rewriting some parts of the code and algorithm efficiency, most screen reader are using a caching mechanism for the web pages to speed things along call it virtual buffers or something else (nothing to do with any off screen model which is of no relevance to Orca) I wonder if this is something that could be considered seriously.

To my mind the subject of sluggish response especially in critical applications is by far the main issue, otherwise Orca does a good job

Regards
Isaac


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