First of all, thank you everyone for your replies. I have tried to open the site with Chrome and Internet Explorer with the same failed results. I have also confirmed that my provider is not blocking open source software because I can access the site that George provided and even lets me download the software from there. But I don't want to download it again because I know it will install itself in Japanese again, just like a few weeks ago when I first tried.
Nevertheless, and back to my primary issue, the reason I wanted to open the nmemosyne site in the first place was to access the info on how to change the language. As George indicated "By default, Mnemosyne will use the language to which your system is set. To change this, learn about advanced preferences". So basically I just need to know how to change the language of the program to English. Do I have to uninstall my current Japanese nmemosyne and reinstall somehow differently or can I do it from the options of current installed software? So sorry for all this bother and so grateful for all your advice&solutions. Esther PS: George, where about in Japan do you live? Any chances of coming to do a presentation on the software at the Nagoya Computer Club? On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM, George Wade <[email protected]>wrote: > In that case, Esther, > > Try downloading a couple of different browsers and try your luck. Chrome, > by Google should be a good fast average one. I don't know if a different > time of day or any other influence is at work? Your provider boycotting > free software? You may have to ask them but their answers are often > incomprehensible to our style of thinking... Do you have a friendly > computer store nearby? It took me 5 years to learn to converse with a > computer store, efficiently, in Japan; but only 6 weeks to learn to order > food at a restaurant. Can't be learned from books nor Mnemo Stacks...;~) > Take a colleague out to coffee or to lunch and ask them how its done: if > you dare! > > Do you have a live net account back in your home country? You could try to > VPN to that and connect in the dark. > Here is a test to see if free source is blocked ! > http://sourceforge.net/search/ > > > George > > > > On 16/10/2011 22:03, Esther Carrillo wrote: > > Hi George, > Thanks for your reply. I tried your links and even typed "mnemosyne" from > scratch in my google but still, the mnemosyne site doesn't open. Google and > the other search engines find it without trouble but after clicking on the > search results I receive the error: The connection has timed out. The server > at www.mnemosyne-proj.org is taking too long to respond. I have also tried > typing the site manually in my browser but same problem. > This is most bizarre particularly because I am surfing the web with no > problems and accessing all other sites. I am at a loss at what could be > wrong with my system and this site only. > Thanks for any ideas, > Esther > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:15 PM, George Wade <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Esther, >> >> When I clicked on the link in the mail: >> www.mnemosyne-proj.org/help/translations.php >> opened my default browser and the page; which showed — >> >> Translations >> Available languages >> Currently, Mnemosyne is localized in the following languages: >> English (en) >> Spanish (sp) >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
