Bug#795436: Preferences: usability regression

[Mike Hommey]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:13:30PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 38.2.0esr-1~deb7u1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Since security upgrade yesterday switched to the 38 series, instead of a
> nice Gtk based preferences dialog a get a fake webpage :-( And now I
> cannot activate any of the widgets on that fake webpage with the
> keyboard.

That's not true. You still can, but it's not necessarily visible.
Filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194530

There's also the issue that keyboard shortcuts don't work, so you are
kind of stuck with the Tab key.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1194528

> And searching for text on the fake webpage (in order to shift
> focus) doesn't work either.

CTRL+F works for me.

> So, reaching for the pointing device is the
> only solution.  How are the rodent allergic among us supposed to cope?

You can go to about:config and turn browser.preferences.inContent false,
but I can't guarantee that'll work forever. (at least, that won't change
in a 38.x)

Mike