[nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from Google

Thu May 23 23:24:44 UTC 2013

Yes, it's free.

On 5/23/13, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Desiree,
>
> Thank you for this information. Is the Ad Blocker script free?
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
> Public Relations Committee
> Maryland Association of Blind Students
> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Desiree
> Oudinot
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:33 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from Google
>
> Hi Chris and all,
> there are a couple of steps you can take to prevent Firefox from crashing,
> freezing, and generally being annoying, one of which I just found out
> today.
> The first thing you can do is to disable any plugins that control flash. To
> do this, go into the add-ons manager, which can be found in the tools menu
> of Firefox. Go to add-ons and click on it.
> Then, tab once to get to the combo box where all your types of add-ons are
> displayed. Select plugins, then tab to the list of the ones that are
> installed. The two plugins that should be disabled to prevent flash content
> from slowing down and crashing Firefox are Shockwave, and Silverlite. If
> you
> have Quicktime installed, you may want to disable these as well. to disable
> any plugin, simply point to it, hit your applications key, and go to
> disable. Your browsing experience should now be enhanced, although you
> obviously won't be able to use it for things like youtube.
> Now for the second really cool thing which I was told about today.
> There is an add-on which can be installed for Firefox called Adblock Plus.
> You can find it by doing a google search. Once installed, this blocks a lot
> of extraneous content, like google ads and such. But what I didn't know was
> that there are also other scripts to make it block other things as well. If
> you visit this website, http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions
> there is a script called Fanboy's social media blocking list. That may not
> be the exact title, but that's the gist. In any case, if you do a Jaws
> search for Fanboy, you'll find it. Once you click the link to subscribe to
> this script, all the Facebook, Twitter, etc. widgets will be gone. This,
> I've found, has been a huge help. Any time a page would load with any of
> those kinds of widgets, which, really, is the majority of sites nowadays,
> Jaws would hang up for at least 10 seconds.
> now my browsing experience, with these two safeguards in place, is nearly
> flawless. I would encourage anyone who's having trouble with Firefox to try
> these fixes and see if you get desirable results. I should also point out
> that the latest version, which is 22.1, I believe, is a lot more stable
> than
> several of the previous versions. I have heard people recommend that the
> blind should use a severely outdated version of Firefox to enhance their
> browsing experience, like
> 3.6 or something, but I would not recommend that. Not only will your
> add-ons
> most likely not be supported, but there are probably big security holes in
> those versions by now as well.
>
> On 5/23/13, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Not only that, but it will effect all of us as blind computer
>> users--that is, until Google makes Chrome accessible.
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
>> Public Relations Committee
>> Maryland Association of Blind Students
>> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh
>> Gregory
>> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 5:54 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from
>> Google
>>
>> I hate to say this but this is going to drastically affect the
>> notetakers.
>> I
>> mean the electronic ones with the displays.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 23, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Aleeha Dudley
>> <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> I am running IE 10.
>>>
>>> If you look on the front page of your email, under the list of
>>> offered
>> services like drive and calendar, you will see a message, if you are
>> running Internet explorer, you will see a message that says your
>> browser will soon no longer be supported. Under that message, you will
>> see another line of text that says upgrade to a modern browser such as
>> Google chrome. The browser link takes you to a site which will tell
>> you what browser you are winning and will also list three other
>> browsers that are more modern than yours. If I had not been bored and
>> using my arrow keys to navigate the page, I would have never noticed
>> this message.
>>> I'll try to find another source for this information.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On May 23, 2013, at 17:22, Desiree Oudinot <turtlepower17 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, a link would be nice. It was my understanding that Google was
>>>> going to stop supporting IE 8, not IE in general. I thought versions
>>>> newer than 8 would be ok.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/23/13, Anjelina Cruz <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I am a bit behind. When was this info released? Can someone please
>>>>> post a link about these possible changes?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/23/13, ryan bishop <ryan.bishop96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Wait, are you saying there only going to expect Google crome?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>> Aleeha Dudley
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:31 PM
>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from
>>>>>> Google
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>    For those using Internet explorer as your browser and using any
>>>>>> Google-related app, your browser will soon no longer be supported.
>>>>>> This means that you could easily lose access to your mail and any
>>>>>> other google app.
>>>>>> Just another reason why we should fight against the adoption of
>>>>>> Google products at our colleges and universities!!!!!
>>>>>> Just FYI.
>>>>>> Aleeha
>>>>>>
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