What't's cracken Mike's hard lemonade! Thanks for the notes. I got it to work using what you sent, along with David's email. Now I have the same homepage as IE and FF.
Take care, your homie Kimchee! Good grief, I'm hungry. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 2:16 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] chrome Yo Kimsan, Here are some notes I've saved that might help: From: David Moore Hi all. I have been experimenting with Google Chrome Browser, and I have found that it is very accessible and easy to use. More than that, I can open the same web site in half the time as with IE or Firefox. It never crashes, and it is more stable than any other browser. It is the best browser when it comes to streaming videos and other media by far. The video never pauses for example. In IE, the same video pauses a few times for a few seconds. Also, Google Chrome is the easiest browser to use. Yes, I am not kidding. Simply press enter on the browser, and the home page opens. I have mine set to Google of course. Now, just press alt and the screen reader will say chrome button. If you press down arrow, every setting and menu you will ever need is in that one vertical column. The history, delete history, book marks, are all in that one vertical menu just by pressing the alt key on the home page. All navigation JAWS short cut keys work in Google Chrome. I have not found anything yet that is not accessible. Also, every JAWS key command works in Chrome just like in IE. You can just press alt + D for the address bar for example. I will continue to play around with Google Chrome a little more, and I will be ready to do an Audio tutorial for you guys. You will not believe just how much better Google Chrome is over any other browser. You will hear it with your own ears when I send you the tutorial probably by Friday. I know some of you will use Chrome as your default browser. God bless and have a great night. Talk to all of you soon. David From: Greg Washington Take a look at the following link for answers to questions about using Google Chrome with Jaws and other screen readers. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96831?hl=en Greg From: David Moore Hi all, The fact that there is only one vertical menu is what I really like. On book marks and other options, you have to press the right arrow just like it is a sub menu to get access to your book marks, for example. Also, you do not have to sign on the settings page. There is no important reason why you have to. You can still change the settings and do what you want to do without ever signing in. Take care and have a great one. From: Tim Ford Hi Gerald, In Chrome, use the alt key to bring up the menus, cursor down to "bookmarks" and press enter. Arrow down and one of the items is "bookmarks from IE". If you do not find those bookmarks, repeat the steps above, and press enter on the import bookmarks line, then after that finishes, you should then see the bookmarks from IE in its own list. By the way, the Chrome menus allow first letter navigation, so after first hitting the alt key, pressing b pops you right to the bookmarks line. Tim Ford From: Tim Ford Here is the download page. The web page will automatically detect your operating system and give you the correct version to install. https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/ I cannot remember how to turn that into a link, so you will need to manually copy the above string into an "open web page" box. Tim From: Gerald Levy But what about that nasty Google Tool Bar? Doesn't that also install along with Google Chrome? Is there any way to prevent this tool bar from installing along with Chrome? Gerald From: David Moore Hi there, Yes there is. You do not need the Google tool bar at all and it is easy to use and all key commands work with it. Take care. David From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw I'm using the same version. When Chrome and JAWS work together, moving from page to page is much, much faster than with either IE or FF, but I keep encountering websites where data can't be entered. The latest is Yahoo Finance, where stock symbols can't be entered. Two tips: I kept getting a warning about Chrome not being the default. I finally heard that JAWS was telling me to press alt-shift-a. When I did so, I tabbed through to "Don't ask again" and checked it. Control-d works to create a favorite, but initially I couldn't edit the name that popped up. However, you can tab to an edit field and create your own name. Adrian Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Kimsan To: 'jaws-users' Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:46 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] chrome I just installed chrome version 48. I felt pressured to do so as everyone has it lol. How do I set my homepage for chrome. So far I hate chrome but I have only had it for less than half hour now. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
