[gui-talk] here is some information on fire fox for screen readers

[Gerald Levy]

As far as I'm concerned, the only really useful feature of Firefox is the 
Webvisum add-on for solving image captias.  I happen to be an RSS feeds 
junkie, and Firefox is totally useless for blind users for reading RSS feeds 
because it does not maintain a separate feeds list like IE does, nor does it 
provide audible feedback when a feed is discovered.  Also, JAWS does not 
announce the title of a web page when it is loaded as it does with IE.  And 
while tab browsing may be useful for sighted users, I see no advantage to 
tab browsing over opening web pages in separate windows for blind users. 
After all, we can only work with one tab or window at a time.

Gerald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CathyAnne Murtha" <cathy at accesstechnologyinstitute.com>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] here is some information on fire fox for screen 
readers


> Firefox has some nice features that Internet Explorer doesn't.  It also 
> less prone to viruses.
>
> It has a password manager that remembers your passwords and that you can 
> browse if you forget a password.  You can even set a master password so 
> only you have access to this feature. With Internet Explorer, it's up to 
> you to remember your passwords and I have far too many to keep straight!
>
> You have more control of tab locations with Firefox.  When focused on the 
> tab of a webpage, you can use CTRL-RIGHT ARROW and CTRL-LEFT ARROW in both 
> browsers to move them forward or backward in the tab listing but in 
> Firefox, you can also use CTRL-HOME to move it to the first tab location 
> and CTRL-END to move it to the last tab location.  This gives you a lot 
> more control over the sorting of tabs.
>
> The bookmark library is nice.  Just press CTRL-SHIFT-B to access the 
> library and organize your bookmarks. You can use the standard cut, copy 
> and paste commands to organize your bookmarks.
>
> Firefox also has a download manager (CTRL-J).  It keeps track of all your 
> downloads.  You can access them at any time.  If you aren't sure where 
> something is stored, you can access the folder from the download manager. 
> You can delete the documents you no longer want to keep and have access at 
> any time to the downloads you choose to keep.
>
> Those are some things that come to mind in my daily use.  I really like 
> Firefox and prefer it over Internet Explorer.
>
>
> ---
> CathyAnne Murtha
> Access Technology Institute
> www.blindtraining.com
> Phone: (520) 303-5885
> FAX: (800) 986-6198
>
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