Closed Bug 1613468 Opened 4 years ago Closed 4 years ago

Remove "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser" from Options/Preferences (about:preferences)

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(Firefox :: Disability Access, enhancement, P2)

enhancement

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RESOLVED FIXED
81 Branch
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firefox81 --- fixed

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(Reporter: asa, Assigned: yzen)

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The current location of the "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser" checkbox is wrong. It's in the Privacy and Security section of Preferences, leading some to believe it's a good idea to disable Firefox's accessibility services. I've heard of cases like a public library which had it turned off thinking it made their Firefox safer when what it really did was block disabled users from using Firefox at the public library.

A much better location for this would be as a button in about:support next to the Prevent Accessibility section of the Accessibility information. This would ensure there's UI for people troubleshooting issues with rogue accessibility instantiators without giving people the wrong idea that they should preemptively disable Firefox's support for accessibility to improve safety.

Assignee: nobody → yzenevich

Adjusting summary. It's not clear there's important troubleshooting value to this preference so for now we're not going to add it to about:support. It will remain available in about:config.

Summary: Move "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser" from Options/Preferences (about:preferences) to Troubleshooting Information (about:support) → Remove "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser" from Options/Preferences (about:preferences)
  • Removing front end for the checkbox that allows users disable accessibility services
  • Removing already expired telemtry probe for preferences.prevent_accessibility_services
Pushed by yura.zenevich@gmail.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/1b628fcf9e5f
remove "Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser" from about:preferences/Privacy & Security. r=chutten,fluent-reviewers,preferences-reviewers,Gijs
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → 81 Branch
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