[vicsireland] Firefox v. IE was Re: Re: Vics training day
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:07:50 +0100
Hi Karen
Yes the RSS feature in Firefox is nice, compared with what has been in IE.
(IE7 apparently has included RSS feeds in its features. Full version not yet
out; but coming soon in an update.) However... There are users [well, blind
users] who've made Firefox their default, then uninstalled it for whatever
reason, and had problems clicking on links directly from Outlook Express
messages. I have Firefox on my machine. What extensions do you find
particularly useful, that might appeal to some of us? (At this point I should
say that JAWS users will probably need at least JAWS6x to get meaningful data
from FF. JAWS7.x preferred.)
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Ashe
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:20 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Vics training day
Ed - no problem. The SpamFighter program was a bit fiddly to install - it
even crashed one or two programs, including Outlook Express - but settled down
after a couple of hours. Other than that it is grand, works really well now in
terms of system running and anti-spam. Good luck against the spam.
Flor - each to their own. In my view, there are several advantages to
Firefox (easy-access RSS feeds, download manager ((IE7 still hasn't done these
properly)), a number of security issues), but then I'm lucky in that I have no
need for a screen reader so don't have to worry about its compatibility in this
regard.
Tony - thanks mate! Actually tried to send my first post through a few weeks
ago, re: Tony Sweeney's audiobook MP3 player query, but it messed up in the end
so sent it to him directly. Anyhow, quite right re: 11th November - don't
worry about the 18th, in fact when I thought about it the week before works out
better as the weekend of the 18th is the Belfast Beer Festival and I can't have
a big meal conflicting with that! Will send more details through to you and
the rest of the crowd soon. Hope you're keeping well, and looking forward to
seeing you soon.
Best
Kaz
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