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LibreWolf browser: telemetry stripped Firefox fork - worth trying if you are annoyed with Firefox recently but don't want to join the Chromium crowd: https://librewolf-community.gitlab.io/ #linux #browser #firefox #fork #librewolf #privacy #alternative #foss

LibreWolf Browser

librewolf-community.gitlab.io
#linux #foss #firefox #privacy #browser #fork #librewolf #alternative
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Peter Vágner
Peter Vágner
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Oh it's so privacy conscious that #Accessibility support has also been stripped out.
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Boiling Steam
Boiling Steam
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and the overlap between accessibility and privacy is?
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Peter Vágner
Peter Vágner
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I'm tallking about universal design and screen reader accessibility here. I need an accessible browser because I'm blind. Also I'd like to choose privacy encouraging solutions where available. I think increasing privacy is not meaning decreased accessibility support in general, so it's why I've mentioned it here.
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Erion
Erion
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I've been meaning to give this a go, it's good to know that it won't work.
My guess is that they basically stripped out things like IAccessible 2 support, so screen readers are unable to access a page's DOM.
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Peter Vágner
Peter Vágner
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I've tested it on linux, so I guess even internall accessibility related stuff has been omitted from building.
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Erion
Erion
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We could try and report this, and I guess Brave will work till it's fixed (if it's fixed).
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Peter Vágner
Peter Vágner
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Frankly, I like firefox better even without librewolf patches than brave.
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