You do not need to uninstall Firefox 19to roll back to Firefox 17 or any
other earlier version of Firefox you want to try. You can simply install
the portable version of Firefox 17 or earlier. The regular and portable
versions of Firefox can co-exist on your computer without conflicting with
each other, and in fact, can even run at the same time , much as IE and
Firefox can run at the same time. On my system, I have the regular version
of Firefox 3.6, the last stable version before the onslaught of rapid new
releases, along with the portable version of Firefox 17. This way, I can
switch from FF 17 to FF 3.6 or vice versa if I encounter problems with the
version I am using. So if I encounter a problem navigating a particular web
site with FF 17, I can simply try navigating it with FF 3.6. You can
download earlier versions of Firefox portable from the following site:
http://mozilla-firefox-portable.en.uptodown.com/old
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Gosling" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:49 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox freezing with Jaws 14
I guess this sounds like I just have to put up with the IE 9 as a default
since most of the freezes occur when clicking links in email. One I
especially remember is a Kim Komando page that led to another page and then
the youtube link yesterday. There were others I remember from Lookout
Mobile Security. Can't remember them all.
The most aggravating part is to have to restart the computer to shut down
Firefox. The computer doesn't freeze, just Firefox.
I could still use more advice if anyone has any ideas. I know there are
many avid Firefox users on this list.
I presume that to roll back to Firefox 17 I would have to remove FF 19.
But where would I get 17. And is 17 the best version for Jaws users? In
old emails I had read about really low versions but it seems like they
would have many security holes as newer versions of browsers generally
have better security.
Using a different link for youtube would not help me since I never go to
youtube and search for videos. I click links from friends that take me to
interesting youtube videos.
If I keep IE 9 as the default I may never realize how much more accessible
the page might be on Firefox. Now, I only try Firefox when I know there
are form fields or other information I know should be there. I imagine
there is a great deal more information that I don't even realize I am
missing using IE 9.
If others experience similar problems then perhaps I should contact Jaws
or Firefox about it.
Actually I was amazed at how inferior IE 9 was using Jaws.
Sherrie Gosling
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hill
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Firefox freezing with Jaws 14
Definitely happens with youtube, that happens with all screen readers
and flash. You could try the html5 version of youtube at
www.youtube.com/html5. As far as the other freezes go, I've found that
the best I could do was to go back to ff17 and force it to not update
automatically. I guess I should try out 19 to find out if it is any
better, but I kinda hate to break what is working.
On 2/20/2013 14:29, Sharon Gosling wrote:
I have always been a dedicated IE user but recently I have found that
websites that I need to sign in on or otherwise interact with on IE 9 don’t
even show the form boxes so I have started using Firefox for these sites.
I have been able to sign in with Firefox so I wanted to make Firefox my
default browser. But Firefox constantly freezes totally when it says it
is being redirected to a different website. It says to press alt A or
control A to proceed but this doesn’t work. It stops and only reads the
title of the website. It will not close at all. I have tried Alt F4 and
tried going to file menu or using Jaws cursor. Nothing helps or allows me
to close the window. I have to do a forced restart of the whole computer.
I can’t even open a new tab of Firefox to finish what I was doing. Today
it happened when I clicked on a youtube link. When I alt tab away from
the frozen Firefox window and then back it only reads the title of the
page.
I have Win 7 home premium 64 bit, Jaws 14 and Firefox 19.0.
I have been slow to convert to Firefox but now I really want to use it
out of necessity and it constantly freezes. I don’t know what is showing
on the screen but in the window list is says minimized. Tried the alt
space and x to maximize the window but no response. Jaws cursor does
nothing either.
I would really appreciate some advice from the group.
IE 9 seems to do less and less for me and now comparing the same windows
on IE and on Firefox it is really incredible that Firefox makes the
websites so much more accessible. So I need Firefox!!
Help, please.
Sherrie Gosling
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