Gee! I haven't found that to be the case. In fact, the reason I started using Firefox in the first place was because I needed to go to a page that would crash my computer when I tried to access it with IE 8, and it worked just fine with Firefox. Andy
-----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Anson Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:10 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Fire Fox instead of Internet Explorer? Sad, I used to love firefox, until it started freezing and crashing on every single page. I update everytime it asks me too, but it just freezes all the time. Lasat year, it didn't do this:-) SArah A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <andrew.bara...@va.gov> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Fire Fox instead of Internet Explorer? > Flash is handled a lot better with JAWS 12. It still usually doesn't > read the button labels, but it does at least let you know that they are > there, and that shortcoming is more the responsibility of the site > developer than FS. > > As for installing Flash updates, I have read that folks have trouble > doing that, but I haven't had that problem. > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of tim > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:37 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Fire Fox instead of Internet Explorer? > > You can try firefox, it also asks to install things as needed to the web > page. > have you tried updating flash, because they come out about every 3 or > 4 months with updates. > Also you can turn it off for the pages you view with insert+ shift + > v. Just arrow to flash content and turn it off, or you can do it in > the configuration file for jaws. Insert +f2, choose configuration > center. Then just go to the default and tab to list, html, misc, > arrow down and set. > > > At 10:18 PM 2/16/2011, you wrote: >>I am using Jaws 11 on an XP machine. So far I have stayed with >>Internet Explorer V7. >> >>Adobe Flash has been a problem for me. >>Some people, on another list, say, Flash is not a problem in Fire Fox. >> >>Have any of you tried Fire Fox? Are there Jaws keyboard commands for >>it?Has Flash troubled you by saying it needed to be installed, even >>though you had installed it on a previous occasion? How different >>have you found its commands to be from Internet Explorer 7? Were you >>able to use Google? Were you able to transfer your favorites? >> >>Many thanks in advance for any information! Vicky >>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>Send any questions regarding list management to: >>jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > Send any questions regarding list management to: > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > Send any questions regarding list management to: > jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: jaws-users-list-ow...@jaws-users.com
