Hi all
First.  What can all the plug ins in fire fox do for you?
And 2nd, Isn't there a way to disable that annoying sound?
Thanks
Daleen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "phani srikanth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FIRE FOX VERSUS INTERNET EXPLORER


> hi, firefox is always good with a lot of extensions and pluggins. more
> than thinking of sounds that web visum makes think of its utility.
> interms of security is concerned its development faze is quicker than
> I.E is concerned. in open source all bugs get rectified soon with a
> lot of professionals working onit than the one which is developed by
> one single company. we do have popup blocker and fishing protection
> and it is faster when compared to I.E. more over it wont gets strucked
> or does not stop responding when a web page encounters a problem while
> it is being loaded.
>
> On 8/17/08, Parham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I believe the project manager does just that. For example, the Software
>> Informer program (which finds an update to the software on your computer) 
>> is
>> easily hacked, given the fact that it's open-source, and all it does is 
>> to
>> give a URL to a page you have never been to. It has not happened yet,
>> though, and never will. The fact is, last time I checked, there were 
>> 59831
>> security bugs with IE, and I remember that during this two last months 
>> that
>> I haven't checked that list because that's the serial number of my laptop 
>> :P
>> It's not mine to decide which one is better, since I neither have the 
>> time,
>> nore the precise information, and nore the will to argue which is better,
>> but let's just say that I would not touch IE ever -- for my own reasons.
>> ---
>> Contact info:
>> Skype: parham-d
>> MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com
>> email: parham90 at GMail dot com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gerald Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 3:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FIRE FOX VERSUS INTERNET EXPLORER
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Everyone claims that Firefox is "more secure" than IE, but how can 
>>> anyone
>>> actually prove this?  I take appropriate security measures like running
>>> anti-virus and anti-spyware programs regularly and have not encountered
>>> any
>>> security issues with IE.  And since Firefox is "open source", anyone,
>>> qualified or otherwise, can alter and potentially corrupt the program
>>> code.
>>> What's to stop a hacker from maliciously and surrepticiously changing 
>>> the
>>> code to make Firefox crash on some obscure keystroke combination?
>>> Programmers who work for software companies like Microsoft are at least
>>> subject to a higher level of scrutiny than open source programmers, who
>>> could be agents for Al Kaita for all we know.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Parham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FIRE FOX VERSUS INTERNET EXPLORER
>>>
>>>
>>>> The effect can be turned off through the tools>Web Visum menu. There 
>>>> are
>>>> configurations you would need to make for ctrl+f in Firefox to work, 
>>>> but
>>>> if
>>>> you don't feel like it, fine, insert+ctrl+f works. ANd yes, Firefox 
>>>> does
>>>> load the pages faster for me, and yes, Jaws doesn't crash when it comes
>>>> to
>>>> virtualising long pages, and yes, it is more secure, and the main 
>>>> reason
>>>> is,
>>>> of course, the fact that it's open-source. Open-source programs have 
>>>> the
>>>> benifit of being edited by a lot of users that do know what they are
>>>> doing.
>>>> When a company is doing something commertially, like Microsoft, it's
>>>> software wouldn't be open-source, and thus, not up-to-date if they 
>>>> don't
>>>> feel like adding things to it. All and all, Firefox is not even
>>>> compareable
>>>> with Internet Explorer. With Opera, perhaps, but not IE.
>>>> ---
>>>> Contact info:
>>>> Skype: parham-d
>>>> MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com
>>>> email: parham90 at GMail dot com
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Gerald Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:19 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FIRE FOX VERSUS INTERNET EXPLORER
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would respectfully disagree.  Although the Webvisam add-on certainly
>>>>> enhances Firefox's functionality, it still has a number of serious
>>>>> shortcomings for me to consider as my primary browser.  First of all,
>>>>> the
>>>>> Find function (Control F) does not work particularly well, even with
>>>>> JAWS
>>>>> 9.
>>>>> And Firefox does not provide any audible alert when you access a web
>>>>> page
>>>>> that contains RSS feeds.  Plus, the Webvisam adds a firecracker sound
>>>>> effect
>>>>> which I find really annoying after a while.  And in side-by-side
>>>>> comparison,
>>>>> Firefox does not appear to load web pages any faster than IE.  So for
>>>>> me,
>>>>> IE
>>>>> is the winner and still champion.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "
>>>>> Chris Hallsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:31 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FIRE FOX VERSUS INTERNET EXPLORER
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, Firefox is better than IE because of the following:
>>>>>> 1. More secure, thus preventing online malware attacks.
>>>>>> 2. More faster than IE due to the browsing engine used.
>>>>>> 3. The ability to solve captchas by use of the Webvisum plug-in.
>>>>>> Now here's a correction. Firefox in no way uses a Google toolbar; it
>>>>>> uses
>>>>>> Google as its default search engine.
>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Chris Hallsworth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Derbyshire, UK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> E-mail
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MSN
>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Skype
>>>>>> chrishallsworth7266
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Website
>>>>>> http://www.chrishallsworth.co.nr
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Klango
>>>>>> chrishallsworth
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FTP
>>>>>> ftp://chrishallsworth.dyndns.org
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "John Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> To: "BLIND COMPUTING MAILING LIST" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 3:53 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] FIRE FOX VERSUS INTERNET EXPLORER
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello list.
>>>>>>> I have a question regarding the comparison of Fire Fox with Internet
>>>>>>> Explorer.
>>>>>>> First of all, is there any advantage to using Fire Fox?  How well 
>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> perform when compared to Internet Explorer?
>>>>>>> I noticed that Fire Fox wants to load the Google tool bar.  Why 
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> that?  What purpose does the tool bar serve?
>>>>>>> I have heard that Fire Fox has a better reputation when it comes to
>>>>>>> protection from dangerous on line viruses.  Is this true?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In short, can someone who uses Fire Fox take a moment to tell me why
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> made the choice and don't use Explorer any more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks very much.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> John and Linda Justice
>>>>>>> With guide dogs Jake and Zachary
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "My job feeds my family, music feeds my soul."
>>>>>>>
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