Re: [VICUG-L] Firefox support for Jaws
- From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:18:57 -0500
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/s2s/latest/jaws1/home/index.shtml
Johnnie Apple Seed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bauer" <holdsworthfan@xxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Firefox support for Jaws
Where'd you find the scripts?
Cheers, Jim
Web Site: http://jbauer.port5.com
Original message
from: "Adam Daou" <adam.daou@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Firefox support for Jaws
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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