Re: FireFox

MessageOh, no, I don't hate Microsoft otherway I'd use another OS. I'm windows 
user, but mozilla firefox is more secure, uses less resources and is faster 
than IE. It's true that jaws has some small problems with firefox, but if you 
learn how to manage it's ok. Since jaws 9.0.2152 we have support for firefox 
3.0. It's true that jaws works better with IE. In the beginning I was skeptical 
with firefox and the tab browsing, but IE7 also implemented this and when I 
managed to use it, I turned to firefox. There's nothing wrong to use browser 
different than IE. If Opera browser was accessible with jaws maybe I'd use 
that. It's even smaller than firefox and has more features.

Negoslav

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gerald Levy 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:21 PM
  Subject: Re: FireFox



  I'm certainly not the expert on this subject, but from what I have read, 
Firefox offers no substantial advantages over IE for JAWS users.  In fact, the 
latest version of Firefox seems to have a few quirks that JAWS has trouble 
handling.  So if you're happy with IE, there's probably no compelling reason to 
switch to Firefox.  I suspect that many people use Firefox simply because they 
hate Microsoft so much, not because IE is an inferior product.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Larry Stansifer 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:08 AM
    Subject: FireFox


    Hi folks,

    Lately I have been reading a lot about "Mozilla FireFox." I am curious, is 
there any really compelling reason for a blind person to jump ship from "MSIE7?
    I am using jaws 8.latest and windows-XP Pro. I am not interested in 
changing applications such as my E-mail client "MS-Outlook-XP" or anything else 
for that matter. I am interested in features and benefits, learning curve and 
simplicity of changeover.

    TNX

    Larry

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