Re: [VICUG-L] Firefox support for Jaws
- From: "Adam Daou" <adam.daou@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:11:19 -0500
Hi David and Martin,
Thanks for the link on Firefox and Jaws.
I've downloaded Firefox Friday night and tried it with Jaws 5.1 40 minutes
demo in Windows 98 and XP. According to Mozilla.org, you can use it in
Windows (98, SE, ME, NT4, 2000, XP), Linux, or MAC OS X. Just 4.7 MB
download for Windows. I'll work on the Linux installation next week-end.
Anyway, it has many wonderful features but it didn't work properly with
Jaws. Firefox has magnification features for sight enhancement as well as
keyboard and mouse shortcuts for sight substitution. I'll try it with
Braille Display this Monday at the office. Tabbing is fine, the Jaws cursor
is Ok, but the virtual PC cursor worked very poorly. Web tabbing for
multiple web pages is perfect. However, it seems that the Graphics Labeller
is needed everywhere. Now, regarding accessibility with Jaws, I did a
search and learnt more about talks between Mozilla.org and Freedom
Scientific. It seems that they have finally managed to have a script
designed for better access. This morning, I've downloaded the zipped script
and I got better results. However, I still had to struggle with the VPC and
use the Graphic Labeller for other buttons. I went to Freedom Scientific
page to further test Firefox. I had hard time to access their page, but I've
managed to survive after repeated attempts. Training may be needed to use
Firefox. I think one should try it without making it the default browser. It
has many powerful features according to Internet users. I have tried just
some of the basic ones and I'm quite satisfied. I'm sure more script
fine-tuning will follow. For those who want to know why many web pages are
not accessible, use one of the Firefox tools to see beyond their make-up. If
you want to try it when other known browsers have bad days, read the full
installation info for both Firefox and Jaws script at the following address:
README file, Project Name: JAWS Screen Reader Adaptation for Mozilla Firefox
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/latest/jaws1/home/README-phase2.txt
You can download Firefox at www.mozilla.org. It's free!
If you do try it, please share your findings with others.
Best regards,
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "jfw users email list" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:58 PM
Subject: Fw: [VICUG-L] Firefox support for Jaws
Johnnie Apple Seed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Courcelles" <martinfc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <VICUG-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:30 AM
Subject: [VICUG-L] Firefox support for Jaws
Hi tehre:
Someone posted information about the New Firefox release, based on Mozilla.
Here is a link on Support for Firefox via Jaws.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/latest/jaws1/home/index.shtml
Hope this helps,
Martin
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