VoiceOver testers: Memory usage and performance improvements

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We have made some memory usage and performance improvements when using VoiceOver. We have implemented these improvements by upgrading NeoOffice's underlying LibreOffice native accessibility code to use Apple's newer, more efficient NSAccessibilityElement class.

You do not need to wait until the next release to get these VoiceOver improvements. You can get these improvements now by downloading and installing one of the following test patches:

NeoOffice 2022.1 Mac App Store:
https://github.com/neooffice/NeoOffice/releases/download/NeoOffice-2022_1/NeoOffice-2022.1-Patch-0-Test-3-Universal.dmg

NeoOffice 2022.1 Professional Edition:
https://github.com/neooffice/NeoOffice/releases/download/NeoOffice-2022_1/NeoOffice-2022.1_Professional_Edition-Patch-0-Test-3-Universal.dmg

Important warning: This feature is still in the experimental stage. We have made significant changes to LibreOffice's code to run within NeoOffice's multithreaded event dispatching code so we expect that there are still undiscovered hanging or crashing bugs.

If you experience a hanging or crashing bug while using VoiceOver or any other macOS accessibility features, feel free to create a bug report in NeoOffice's issue tracker. It would be very helpful if you can attach a crash log or, for hangs, a sample from the Activity Monitor application to your bug report.