Re: [orca-list] Orca and snap

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

Yes, indeed in 20.04 Chromium-browser id doing well with Orca in snap 
package. Aquestion comes up when removing Firefox snap because it is 
part of the fresh installation, because I thought better not to remove 
applications of a fresh installation?

Milton

Op 27-10-2021 om 14:03 schreef Kyle via orca-list:
> I don't think snaps are inaccessible normally, as I have gotten some 
> working here. I think whoever packaged the Firefox snap just thought 
> it would be a cute idea to turn off accessibility by default ... I 
> read this somewhere, so it may or may not be true, but that would 
> indicate that a bug could possibly be filed against Firefox in the 
> snap store. For now, the best option is to remove the snap and install 
> the package from the repository.
>
> sudo snap remove firefox
>
> sudo apt install firefox
>
> should do that nicely. But do file a bug against the snap as well. 
> There is no good reason to make firefox inaccessible to screen readers 
> by default, unless snaps just don't work with screen readers, and my 
> experience seems to be different, at least for gtk applications.
>
> ~Kyle
>
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