[macvoiceover] Re: Bookshare and firefox
- From: Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:31:34 +1300
Did you save as an html file ?
I am currently saving these files as my BookShare Library.
TF
On 12/10/2012, at 7:26 PM, Olivia Norman <olivianorman@xxxxxx> wrote:
Got it to work. Good idea, though, about having all your books somehow save
into a dedicated folder. I should figure out how to get that done.
Thanks
On Oct 11, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, that is fine, all my books download as zipped books.
> The go to my No.2, launch Firefox and load the xml file into it, then save as
> html etc. When you load that html file into Safari, are you able to read it ?
>
> Or, are you saying you can't load the xml file into Firefox ?
>
> TF
>
> On 12/10/2012, at 7:15 PM, Olivia Norman <olivianorman@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Don't bookshare books come unzipped already? How do I unzip them?
> I've always just found the XML file and opened it in safari from the
> Downloads folder, no problem, have never had to unzip anything.
> Thanks
>
> On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don't think you are doing this correctly.
>> 1. Unzip the BookShare book into a Finder folder, for example, I have a
>> BookShare folder dedicated for the unzipped book.
>> 2. Launch Firefox then from the File menu open the xml from from the
>> unzipped book. Use "Open File" for this. You won't be able to read the book
>> yet.
>> 3. Go back into the Firefox File menu and select "Save page As" and once in
>> that selection sequence choose to change the format to html.
>> 4. Go to the saved file in Finder, go into the File menu and choose to "open
>> With" Safari.
>>
>> You should now be able to read it in Safari like a web html page.
>>
>> Does this work for you ?
>>
>> I don't think BookShare are going to be able to do anything about this
>> anytime soon.
>>
>> TF
>>
>> On 12/10/2012, at 3:51 PM, Olivia Norman <olivianorman@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> So I downloaded firefox, but every time I try to open a book with the
>> application, I get a message saying that I can't because firefox may be
>> damaged or incomplete. I'm selecting the book from my downloads folder,
>> selecting the open with option in the file menu, and navigating to firefox
>> from there. Is that the correct method?
>> Hopefully, bookshare will fix this soon, so that we can use safari again.
>> Olivia
>>
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