Turn off browse mode before going into the about:config. Chris
Window-Eyes Product Support Ai Squared 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 (802) 362-3612 www.aisquared.com -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Reg Webb via Talk Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:38 PM To: macks75...@gmail.com; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: web vissum work around Hi all I find that the system crashes when I activate about:config in Firefox with the latest W-E running but, if I close W-E, my sighted wife can make it work just fine. I haven't tried NVDA yet. Any thoughts? -- Reg <regw...@btinternet.com> On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:45:12 -0600 McLeod Stinnett via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > i found this on another list. > I posted this to another list or actually several. It is apparently only a > temporary fix--since in Firefox 44, they will remove the configuration item > that will disable this strict signing requirement. I know I am going to run 2 > versions of Firefox: the current one which allows the hack and the newest > one. If I need the webvisum plug-in, I will use that older one for signing > into captia based sites. > > > There is a workaround but it _may_ make you less secure. > > > 1. Open Firefox 43 and in the address bar, type the below line as seen with > no spaces: > > about:config > > 2. You will get a Firefox warning saying: 'This may void your warranty.' > Click on the button that sardonically says: 'I'll be careful, I promise.' > > 3. tab once to the list of 700 or so items and press the letter X. You are > looking for the below item: > > xpinstall.signatures.required > > 4. When this item is highlighted, press the context key or right click and > choose toggel or press T (same thing.) > > 5. The highlighted value should change to false as in: > > xpinstall.signatures.required;false > > > Then press control + W to close the window and when you run Firefox again, > Webvisum should work. > > > Again, this may make you less secure, but if you are careful and do not allow > add ons to be installed automatically, at least in the opinion of some, your > risk is minimal. For versions going way back to Firefox 3 or 4, every time I > install something that inserts a browser add on, when I run Firefox for the > first time afterward, Firefox always prompts me to allow or disallow the > installation--regardless of whether the > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/regwebb%40btinternet.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/cgrabowski%40aisquared.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
