We just finished up testing of the various JAWS screen readers that are available. We have: 1) older JAWS releases prior to version 18.0.2945, including 17.* versions 2) an updated 18 (18.0.4321) that received various bug fixes 3) the current beta of JAWS 2018 (19.0.3002) In general we don't feel enough progress has been made here so we're going to update our version information to include newer releases. Hence, we plan to push JAWS users to ESR 52 rather than keep them on 57. http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/accessible/windows/msaa/Compatibility.cpp#171

Hey Ritu, this will require an uplift to 57. It's a very minor change involving JAWS version info. We have a conversation going with the vendor to nail down specific version information, after which we'll post a patch here.

Jim, DBolter and I met to discuss the rationale behind this uplift and it's clearly a must fix for 57. Tracked as blocker with the hopes that we'll push the patch in b14 on Friday.

Hi Tom, Ryan, if we are not already doing so in ESR smoke testing, consider adding JAWS + ESR52.5 testing to the ESR sign off plans. Especially since some release a11y users will be prompted to go use ESR.

Sure, we can add that.

Comment on attachment 8924246 [details] [diff] [review] part1 - enable the prompt for jaws version 19 or lower Review of attachment 8924246 [details] [diff] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- r=me, this should work.

Pushed by jmathies@mozilla.com: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/5b1cc7fdfa40 Update the 'switch to ESR' prompt minimum version check to include JAWS versions 19 and lower. r=davidb https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/7043cf41cae4 Disable the JAWS compatibility prompt in Nightly builds for testing. r=felipe

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/5b1cc7fdfa40 https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7043cf41cae4

Hi Jim, please nominate this for uplift to Beta. I would have liked to include this in b14 which we built yesterday. Since we missed that, this will most likely be included in Desktop RC1 (gtb Monday).

Pushed by jmathies@mozilla.com: https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/d2d9c80e3684 Backed out changeset 5b1cc7fdfa40 https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/24f4d2216af9 Update the 'switch to ESR' prompt minimum version check to include JAWS versions 18 and lower. r=davidb

Reopening as we're adjusting this version check based on some feedback from Freedom Scientific.

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/d2d9c80e3684 https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/24f4d2216af9

Comment on attachment 8925091 [details] [diff] [review] part1 - enable the prompt for jaws version 18 or lower Approval Request Comment [Feature/Bug causing the regression]: Update version information related to JAWS accessibility client ESR prompting [User impact if declined]: Users will not receive the prompt, and potentially run into issues with Firefox. [Is this code covered by automated tests?]: no, a11y clients are manual test only. [Has the fix been verified in Nightly?]: Yes. [Needs manual test from QE? If yes, steps to reproduce]: Good to have - confirming current JAWS 18 users who manually install 57 receive the prompt on startup with JAWS running. [List of other uplifts needed for the feature/fix]: none [Is the change risky?]: no [Why is the change risky/not risky?]: well understood code [String changes made/needed]: none

Comment on attachment 8925091 [details] [diff] [review] part1 - enable the prompt for jaws version 18 or lower This is a must for 57, we'd like Firefox a11y users on incompatible versions of JAWS to use Firefox ESR52 instead of 57.

https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/rev/44eeabf61313 (FIREFOX_57b_RELBRANCH) https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/efd2b124b2a8

This issue is verified fixed on 57.0-build1 (20171106194249) using Windows 7 x64 and Windows 10 x64. The switch to ESR prompt is received on startup, on 57 manual installation and with JAWS 18 running.