Thanks very much, J M. I think I'll take the leap now and give Firefox a try.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JM Casey via Jfw Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:54 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Internet Explorer To Firefox It is a part of firefox, yes. You can get to it with the options screen, under the tools item in the menu bar. Find advanced settings/general and it will be there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Behler via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:17 PM Subject: RE: Internet Explorer To Firefox > JM: > > Am I correct in saying that the hardware acceleration feature is in > Firefox? > > And, if so, how exactly do you turn that off? > > Dr. Tom Behler > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JM Casey via > Jfw > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 2:03 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: Internet Explorer To Firefox > > Jaws will almost work the same, except you'll have to turn the hardware > acceleration off if you want the Jaws cursor to work. Otherwise, the > browser's own command structure is a little different, but you'll get used > to it in no time. > > Of course, iE will still be on your machine and you can still use it if > you > get stuck. I use both myself; IE seems to work better with a few things > but > chances are that if you have a problem with a page in IE it will work in > FIrefox. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Behler via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:34 AM > Subject: Internet Explorer To Firefox > > >> Hello, everyone. >> >> The University where I teach is very strongly urging all of us to switch >> from Internet Explorer to another internet browser such as Firefox, in >> light >> of recent Internet Explorer security issues. >> >> I'm seriously considering making the switch to firefox, and would like to >> know how much of a transition this will be in terms of basic internet >> navigation. >> >> Does Jaws operate in basically the same way with Firefox as it does with >> Internet Explorer? >> >> In other words, to the same basic Jaws key strokes and commands work with >> Firefox? >> >> I'm using Windows 7 and Jaws 14 here. >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
