Hi Ann Marie; With FF, use the keystroke, control + L, to open a new web page. Control + O, is for opening files. Below are several notes that I have put together that can be very helpful when using Firefox.
There is a summary of all the notes at the bottom of this reply. Original Message ----- From: Mike & Barbara In Arcadia Hi All, When I am using IE & type in a URL, I only have to type, www.jaws-users.com, but, when I am running Firefox, I have to type, http://www.jaws-users.com. Can anyone tell me if there is something I can check or uncheck in Firefox that will put in the http:// for me automatically like IE does? All advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. Mike Hi Adrian, Thank you very much for this very helpful information. I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was pressing,Control + O, for webpages, instead of, Control + L. For those who might not know what I am talking about. In Internett Explorer when you want to open a new webpage you invoke the Control + o, keystroke, then type in the URL where you want to go & press enter or, control + enter. In Firefox you invoke the, Control + L, keystroke, then type in the URL you want & press enter or, control + enter. Invoking the Control + O, keystroke in Firefox, is the keystroke for opening specific files. Thanks again, take care. Mike From: Adrian Spratt Mike, From: Adrian Spratt Skip both the http and ww prefixes and press control-enter after you type the website name. This works in Firefox only. I just checked with this address, and it worked. Adrian From: Kathy D'Avia Hi Mike, How are you doing? Just wanted to let you know that in internet explorer, you do not need to type in the www. when you open a new web site. An example of this is: jaws-users.com I learned this wen I was teaching JAWS. The student typed in the address without the WWW. and I went to correct him and he had hit enter and the computer went to the site. Take care, Kathy From: Don Marang In both browsers I use a shortcut. Just type in the "jaws-users" portion of the address (without the quotes) and hit Control + Enter. This will prefix the necessary " http://www."; and append the ".com" portions of the address. This however, only works with ",.com" addresses. *Don Marang* From: Don Marang I just press F6 to get to the address bar to enter a new address. This works in IE and Firefox. *Don Marang* From: Adrian Spratt Hi, Mike. That's right, but I think it works only if it's a commonly visited website or one in your history. Let's see if I can summarize what we've discussed, with some additional information that has come to mind. 1. Control-l brings up the edit field in which to type a Web address in both IE and Firefox. Control-o does the same in IE but not FF. So using control-l in both cases avoids confusion. 2. In Firefox, you can save yourself having to type the http://www. Prefix and .com if you just write the Website name and press control-enter. This shortcut works only for .com addresses. 3. In most cases, it isn't necessary to write http://www. Before the Website address whether in IE or FF. However, it may be necessary to write www. Before addresses that are rarely visited and/or aren't in your history. Also, beware of addresses that don't begin http://, such as high security websites. Is that a fair summary? Adrian Hope this has helped. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Marie Medlar To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA Well I just did maintenance on my PC running Jaws 12 and XP Pro. I still need to do a few more steps but needed to work on PC. I notice that with FF one needs to type the entire URL name? Am I right on that? I tested freedom scientific because I figure their link would have all accessibility stuff. I control+o and typed Freedomscientific.com and link not found. I tried several and then realized I need to precede link name with http://www.freedomscientific.com I went on other sites and Jaws was very clumbsy so I'd thought it could be a mainntenance issue. I did get Webvisum to work by typing alt+control+6 and Webvisum stated to wait then infomation could be copied from clipboard. So FF6 worked for me but I only need to use FF when I encounter a CAPTCHA. But I'll keep working on learning FF because I know many who prefer Firefox to IE. Thanks again. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 9:58 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > Hi Ann Marie; > > Yes, you should, but are you having problems with version6, & if so, what > kind of problems?. Take care. > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ann Marie Medlar > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 6:30 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > > I already installed FF6, so would I need to uninstall FF6 before > installing > 3.5 or 3.6? I have not used FF so much but I downloaded your other > versions > just in case. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:35 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > > > Hi Ann Marie; > > > > I have uploaded to versions of Firefox, 3.5.1 & 3.6.15, to my Dropbox > > Public > > sharing folder for anyone who would like to download them. > > > > Download link for Version 3.5.1: > > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2471715/Firefox%20Setup%203.5.1.zip > > > > Download link for Version 3.6.15: > > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2471715/Firefox%20Setup%203.6.15.zip > > > > > > These are versions I have had saved for quite awhile in case I didn't > like > > the way Firefox version 6 worked. Just unzip & click on the executable > & > > they will install the chosen version. Hope this helped. Take care. > > Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ann Marie Medlar > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 6:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > > > > > Thanks for this but I could not find 3.5 on their site. If it is so > good > > with speech then why isn't there a direct download on this site? I > only > > located version 6 and believe me it was a very frustrating process > > downloading, getting an invite, and all other stuff and unsure if I > even > > did > > it correctly. I still like IE but maybe because I am used to it. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hans Pauli Sundstein" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 9:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > The team behind Webvisum recommend's Firefox 3.5. > > > I don't know how new a version of Firefox, it is possible to > interact > > with > > > Webvisum, so, if you can find a download link to 3.5, it is the > best. > > > > > > Hans Pauli. > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > > Fra: Ann Marie Medlar > > > Dato: 23. september 2011 18:50 > > > Til: [email protected] > > > Emne: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > > > > > Easy when I can copy and paste. What version of Firefox works best > > with > > > Jaws. I downloaded v6 and I don't think it works so wll. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Marilyn Walker" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:45 PM > > > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > > > > > > > >> Good girl; you get a gold star on your forehead for correct > spelling. > > >> marilyn > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Ann Marie Medlar" <[email protected]> > > >> To: <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:59 AM > > >> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] CAPTCHA > > >> > > >> > > >> : Hi all, > > >> : I downloaded Firefox and installed. Then went to site using > Firefox > > to > > >> get > > >> : the add on but I need an invitation so I requested one on the > site. > > So > > >> : waiting for invitation so I can install the add on. > > >> : Thanks to all. > > >> : I changed my subject to reflect correct spelling. > > >> : Ann > > >> : > > >> : ----- Original Message ----- > > >> : From: "John O'Rourke" <[email protected]> > > >> : To: <[email protected]> > > >> : Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 11:28 AM > > >> : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] captures on a web page > > >> : > > >> : > > >> : > Good Day List Members: > > >> : > > > >> : > > > >> : > > > >> : > The word is an acronym. The spelling is CAPTCHA not Capture. > > >> : > > > >> : > I agree, Salona does not work reliably any more. Webvism with > > >> Firefox > > >> is > > >> : > the only certain method that I'm aware of right now. Thank > you. > > >> : > > > >> : > John O'Rourke > > >> : > > > >> : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > > >> : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > >> : > > >> : > > >> : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > >> : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > >> > > >> > > >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
