Firefox Quantum will not work in any fashion unless you are running the latest versions of JAWS 2018, JAWS 18, ZoomText 11 and MAGic 14. While we cannot recommend Firefox Quantum at this time, we appreciate that some people may be curious and want to experiment with it. The Quantum changes are not scheduled to be rolled out to this release until the second quarter of 2018, by which time we hope the accessibility situation with Firefox Quantum will have improved. You can install Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release).

Short-term Work-aroundįor now, there is a way to avoid upgrading to Firefox Quantum while keeping your browser updated with important security fixes. We want by way of this post to explain the situation as it currently stands and how we got here, plus what we’re doing about it and steps you can take so that in the short to medium term, you can use Firefox with the same degree of responsiveness you’re used to. We appreciate that if you’re a Firefox user, it’s software you are likely to use many times every day. We’re working with Mozilla to improve the situation and are hopeful of further improvement. We are disappointed that Mozilla has not at this time adopted the highly performant approach that Google took with Chrome to increase security while at the same time allowing screen readers to access information at unparalleled speed without needing to make any changes.įor now, we recommend switching to the Extended Support Release (ESR) of Firefox as work on the accessibility issues continues, because even when you are running assistive technology that supports Firefox Quantum, performance with Firefox will be much worse than you are used to. Unfortunately, Mozilla in their switch to multiprocess for Firefox has chosen an accessibility approach in which each call for JAWS to obtain information takes orders of magnitude more time. The reason why mainstream users will see such a significant speed increase with Firefox Quantum is that it is switching to a multiprocess methodology. Mozilla and mainstream reviewers of the beta code agree, the browser is much faster and more memory efficient.

Firefox 57 represents such a significant technical and performance change that it’s going to be known as Firefox Quantum. On November 14, Mozilla is expected to release a new version of its Firefox web browser.

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