[mac4theblind] Re: I feel like a total dumb nut for asking this, but...

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:05:24 -0800

I use lightning myself. it works on the same engine as safari but it works a 
lot faster on some sights like my podcasting one.

I tried crome but it didn't work all that well and I think that was sometime 
this year.

Take care all.
On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Tracy Duffy wrote:

> Excellent. I'm looking forward to trying it. I have trouble on some sites 
> with safari, and I'm hoping maybe this will work better for me. Thanks for 
> talking about it. I had not heard of this particular one before and I'm 
> always hesitant to try browsers and things until I hear from others what 
> experience they've had. I'd say I'm kind of a medium skill computer person 
> and so I don't often get adventurous unless I have reason to believe I should 
> be able to work things out. (smile)
> 
> tracyduffy@xxxxxxxxx
>                       2 Chronicles 20, 21B: "Give thanks to God, his faithful 
> love endures forever."
> 
> On Dec 16, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> 
>> Holy dynomite! does, it, ever!  I'd very highly suggest doing a google 
>> search for:
>>  
>> download+google canary
>>  
>> It should be the first result that pops up.
>>  
>> then use your vo commands, and find the button that says something to the 
>> effect of agree and download.
>>  
>> then just open the dmg and install it like normal.
>>  
>> If you wanna set it as your default browser like I did, then oddly enough, 
>> go into Safari, and hit command+comma, then go to the general tab.  In 
>> there, there's a popup button which'll let you select google Canary as the 
>> default.  I dono why you have to do it that way, but it works, trust me.
>>  
>> You can! install Chromvox from the Chrome Store, but I couldn't seem to get 
>> the thing to work correctly.  I got it installed, and talking, but when I 
>> hit the modifier key which is basically your vo keys: control and option, I 
>> get nothing with the other keys.  It's totally strange.  I'm telling you 
>> though, it works flawlessly! with voiceover by itself right outta the box.  
>> Just navigate the same way you would in Safari, and explore your menu bar.
>>  
>> It works very very nicely!
>>  
>> Chris.
>

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