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Hi, Therese.<br>
A few thoughts come to mind.<br>
First, could you tell us which email program you're using? Did the
ability to access links in an email work until recently?<br>
When you move your cursor on a link in an email message do you hear
JAWS actually say the word "link" before it reads the name of the
link?<br>
If the answer to that question is no then I'm wondering if your
email messages are set to display in text only and not in HTML. If
this is the case then your email program should have an option to
have messages displayed in HTML. Tell us which email program and
which version you're using and one of us can point you toward that
option. For example, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2010, Thunderbird 17,
etc.<br>
<br>
Regarding favorites it might be easier to press control D to add the
currently loaded Web page to the favorites or bookmarks list as
opposed to the favorites bar. Just press ctrl-D and the add to
favorites or bookmarks dialog will display; press enter to accept
the default title of the page or type in one of your own. Truth be
told I rarely use favorites as it's so easy to find pages you've
recently accessed in your history. As an example, if I want to go
to Amazon.com I can just type amaz in the address bar and from there
press down arrow; the site I want is usually toward the top of the
list and I can press enter when I hear the correct one I'm looking
for.<br>
<br>
I also wanted to say that Google Chrome is more or less usable with
JAWS. Navigating combo boxes may read items a bit strangely but it
does work; I haven't tried version 23 and so I don't know if
anything in this latest version has been either broken or improved.<br>
Internet Explorer is really the best overall browser to use with
JAWS for the most reliable access although on a personal level I use
it very infrequently and prefer Firefox due to the fact that Firefox
is open source, much more secure and is updated more often than IE.
At home I use a browser called Seamonkey with NVDA although the
browser portion of Seamonkey should work well with JAWS.<br>
<br>
David<br>
Therese Gardner wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Hello All:<br>
> <br>
> My name is Therese and I have been a lurker on your list for
some<br>
> time now. I am not an assistive technology trainer but the
person who<br>
> helps others find you all.<br>
> <br>
> Recently, I have been having issues with my laptop. It is
nothing<br>
> critical just more annoying. I figured I would pose the
question and<br>
> see if any of you have suggestions.<br>
> <br>
> A few months back, I was having difficulty with my favorite
bar<br>
> (adding to it). A friend and I attempted to reinstall
Internet 9<br>
> hoping this would resolve the issue. No luck. We then decided
to try<br>
> Google Chrome.<br>
> <br>
> Yes, I understand that Google Chrome isn't very accessible
for us<br>
> JAWS users, so let us not even go there.<br>
> <br>
> Google Chrome did allow for me to add to my favorites bar. So
at<br>
> least that problem was solved.<br>
> <br>
> However another problem has reared its ugly head. Now I am
unable to<br>
> click on a link within an e-mail, word document, excel
document, and<br>
> the list goes on.<br>
> <br>
> Researching information on the web, suggestions are to make
changes<br>
> in the register. Neither I or friends feel comfortable doing
that.<br>
> <br>
> Any ideas or do I just continue to cut copy the links? Or
even simply<br>
> dump everything on the laptop and start all over from ground
zero.<br>
> That should be loads of fun too.<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for any assistance.<br>
> <br>
> Therese<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
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