"Sun Mozilla 1.7 for JDS" Accessibility Build



Note:
Please send mail to moz-access-bugs-int@basso.sfbay.sun.com if you find any Accessibility bug. Thanks!

Contact:
Sun Mozilla Accessibility Team:  browser-china-atf@sun.com

Introduction:
"Sun Mozilla 1.7 for JDS" is based on Mozilla 1.7 of Community and will be integrated in Sun Java Desktop System. Accessibility feature of "Sun Mozilla 1.7 for JDS" is based on ATK and is running on Linux/Unix system.  "Sun Mozilla 1.7 for JDS" has integrated a lot of Accessibility bug-fixing, most of which haven't been checked in trunk code of mozilla community at present. This build is for users who is interested in trying or testing Accessibility feature on GNOME 2 in advance. This version is built on SuSE Linux (Linux 2.4.19-4GB).

How to use:
1. download the tarball
2. unzip it with gnu tar, by "tar zxvf filename"
3. use one of the two ways to enable accessibility feature:
   export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1
4. To Disable Accessibility, you need:
   unset GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY
5. cd mozilla
   run with "./mozilla"


Build Information:

Build platform
target
i686-pc-linux-gnu

Build tools

Compiler Version Compiler flags
gcc gcc version 3.2.2 -Wall -W -Wno-unused -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wno-long-long -pedantic -pthread -pipe
c++ gcc version 3.2.2 -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -Wall -Wconversion -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Woverloaded-virtual -Wsynth -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Wno-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -pedantic -fshort-wchar -pthread -pipe -I/usr/X11R6/include

Configure arguments

--enable-optimize --disable-tests --disable-debug --with-xprint --enable-xinerama --enable-ldap --enable-crypto --enable-x11-shm --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 --disable-gtktest --disable-glibtest --disable-libIDLtest --disable-auto-deps --enable-strip-libs --enable-ctl --enable-xft --enable-cinnabar --disable-gssapi --enable-ldap-experimental --enable-extensions=default,layout-debug


Bug Fix List:
Below is a list of Accessibility bug fixing in this build. Here only list the brief description of bug symptom.

Bug Priority 1

Synopsis
[cinnabar]mozilla crashes when gok is launched when homepage is http://www.sun.c
[GOK] Managing List of Non-Standard Web Site with GOK makes mozilla hang.
gnopernicus reads password in mozilla proxy configuration
Sidebar button can't function

Bug Priority 2

Synopsis
Can't use GOK on dialogs.
[reader]no response when there pops up a new dialog or window.
[GOK]Can't UI Grab the popup menus for Back and Forward in the toolbar.
[GOK]Following hyperlinks with GOK UI-Grab fails to auto-update the GOK.
[reader]Can't read menu items checked/unchecked.
[reader]Can't read menu items selected/unselected.
[reader]Combobox should be spoken labels and contents.
[reader]Textfields are spoken as "Undefined single line text".
[GOK] 'Use Style' menu is not activated in GOK.
caret becomes invisible when switching windows if it's not in linked content
caret mode: caret disappears after finding text (FAYT text mode)
[GOK]UI Grab to "Proxy" misleads to the next item "HTTP Networking
[reader]Can't read ALT text for image.
[reader]Can't read one char when move caret with left/right arrow keys.
[reader]Still read the previous line when move to the next line.
[keyboard] User can't switch to different tabs.(backwards)

Bug Priority 3

Synopsis
Black checkboxes in menus
[keyboard] [table navigation] Not bi-directional between column header and column
[reader]Can't read Properties correctly.
[GOK] Items in Mozilla History Manager can't be selected in GOK dialog window.
[GOK] Dropdown list isn't activated in UI Grab in GOK.

Bug Priority 4

Synopsis
Can't read the title name of windows/dialogs

Other Bug Fixed

Synopsis
Mozilla is not accessible after enable assistive technologies.
Gnopernicus reports too much "unknown Terminal" when navigate to UI co
Mozilla crash when start composer and Gnopernicus at the same time.
Can't read tree item in the left pane of Help window.
Can't read the status of list item checkbox.
Can't navigate through some page lines using left or right arrow
[GNOME] incorrect system colors for the menu item text
prelight text invisible in high-contrast inverse themes
GOK expose "separator" as "no name".
Can't read menu's shortcuts.
Can't read link history.
Hyperlinks is not UI Grabble.
[GOK]Can't work with preference window
[GOK]Can't UI Grab to browser's Address Bar.
[reader]Can't read the label for the text field.
[GOK]Mozilla crash when startup if moz has more than one profile.
GOK expose some menus as 'no name'.
Can't UI Grab to browser tabs.
[GOK]No contents in the text entry in UI Grab.
GOK expose the same level menus twice.
Offline/online switcher is not UI Grabble.
selected item text wrong color in high-contrast themes