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