Carlene try going to all programs tab of the internet options and scroll down that list, I think it might be there. I can help you tomorrow. sleep well ----- Original Message ----- From: "carlene knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:09 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] flash player
> Thanks Benjamin. I will give that web site a try in Internet Explorer. I > will also have to figure out whether Java is disabled or not. the > message I got said it might be, but I couldn't find that choice in tools > and options, so I will have to figure it out when I have more time. the > agrivating part of it all is that I know I've seen that choice > somewhere, but I can't find it now. In the meantime I guess I will go > ahead and install that flash player. > > Carlene > Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: >> carlene knight wrote: >> >> >>> I have downloaded, and thought installed the newest version of Flash >>> player, but when using Firefox, some sites won't open because they say >>> that I must have at least flash player 6.0. >>> >> >> Go to the following URI: >> >> about:plugins >> >> in your Firefox address bar, and check what version of the plugin >> Firefox is actually using. >> >> Be aware that while installing Flash might allow Flash video and audio >> to play in Firefox, the Flash plugin Adobe produced for Firefox doesn't >> expose Flash widgets using the Flash accessibility featureset to the >> Windows accessibility framework. So if you have a webpage built entirely >> with Flash that uses the Flash accessibility framework (for example, >> http://www.jkrowling.com ), you still wouldn't be able to use it from >> Firefox. (It would work in Internet Explorer, though.) >> >> Also be aware that some sites use JavaScript to detect Flash support, so >> if you have JavaScript disabled, you might well still get messages about >> a missing Flash Plugin. >> >> >>> I think I just downloaded 8.5. To enable these sites to work, should >>> I go ahead and install the newest flash player, or should I just >>> leave it alone and forfeit access to those particular sites. >>> >> >> 8.5 isn't the newest version. The newest version is 9. Get it from >> Adobe's site: >> >> http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer >> >> >>> I know JFW had some problems with one of the newer versions, perhaps >>> it was 8.0. Has anybody had any experience with the newer versions of >>> flash player? >>> >> >> What version of JFW are you using? There are often Flash fixes to JAWS. >> e.g. in the February update: >> >> "JAWS no longer experiences problems with the Flash animation that >> appears on the Bank of America Web page." >> >> http://urlx.org/freedomscientific.com/ab9e0 >> >> Also, what version of Firefox are you using? >> >> >>> Sometimes when I am using Firefox and click on a particular link, it >>> shuts down entirely. I think that it >>> might be connected with the flash player issue. >>> >> >> Most Firefox users have Flash installed, so I doubt it's because you >> installed Flash. It's likely to indicate some other problem with your >> Firefox installation or just a problem with your profile. Create a new >> profile, ensure Flash is installed in that profile, and try clicking >> that link again. If that fails, export your bookmarks to a >> bookmarks.html file. Then uninstall and reinstall Firefox, reimport your >> bookmarks, and ensure Firefox is using the Flash plugin. >> >> (It would also be worth pasting the URL of the page here, and telling us >> which link is crashing Firefox.) >> >> >>> Any thoughts on this >>> issue would be appreciated, as my husband says you really can't >>> practically switch to an earlier version of flash player. >>> >> >> You can uninstall the Flash Player with Adobe's uninstaller: >> >> http://urlx.org/kb.adobe.com/fb454 >> >> And you can download older versions of the Flash Player from: >> >> http://urlx.org/kb.adobe.com/edea1 >> >> -- >> Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php >> If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
