[access-uk] Re: Internet Explorer 7

  • From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:46:08 +0100

Your thoughts on Firefox Emma remind me too that the zooming feature within
Firefox is very valuable.

I also have the Zoomfox plug-in which is great for magnifying images, in a
manner similar to the mouse scroll wheel zooming of text.

I also have the 'view tab in Internet explorer plug-in when and if I do get
problems working with a page in Firefox.

No body can claim that Firefox is a perfect replacement for Internet
Explorer, but I've come to prefer using it for ninety odd per cent of my
browsing.

From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx

  -----Original Message-----
  From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Emma Wright
  Sent: 10 August 2006 1:02PM
  To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [access-uk] Re: Internet Explorer 7


  If like me, you like to be able to properly enlarge text in your browser,
over ride the font style and background colours then Firefox is far better
than IE.  Firefox also works much better with the screenreader that I use
from time to time (ZoomText) than IE does and seems more stable.  I'd never
go back to IE, although I do have to have Firefox display a page in IE
format from time to time as Firefox is not supported by all sites. It's
interesting to come across someone who doesn't prefer Firefox though, as
virtually everyone I've spoken to who's tried it likes it!

  Emma Wright


  On 10/08/06, Ray's Home <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    Steve, I wouldn't say Firefox is quite as revolutionary as many claim,
but
    the Windows update problem is handled well by Firefox as it
automatically
    excludes Windows Update from the pages it will load.  In other words,
going
    to Windows Update does bring up IE6 even though Firefox may be set as
the
    default browser.

    You are right, Firefox does display many .differently, but for the most
part
    I've had no problems accessing most web sites.  I think it is certainly
true
    though that the vast majority of web page authors optimise for IE which
most
    people do use.

    Firefox does have a slight speed advantage too, and I find the ability
to
    have multiple home pages is valuable to me.  I'm also keen on anything
that
    improves on Internet Explorer's level of security.

    From Ray
    I can be contacted off-list at:
    mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx

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