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Re: FireFox Browser Help Please.

Janet
 

Gene,
Ok, I used the link you provided, and I press control plus f to use Jaws's find command, but jaws doesn't say anything at all when I arrow down. I tabbed, but still couldn't find any download link. I also went through the page, and I saw a download link, and I pressed enter on it, but nothing downloaded. I even tried using the Jaws cursor, but still couldn't find the real download link.
Any other suggestions?
Janet

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 7:19 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] FireFox Browser Help Please.

I don't know what you are working with but you are in the wrong place. I
strongly recommend using Firefox portable and I'll provide the page from
which to download it. It does everything the installed version does and has
the following very significant advantages:
Once you have it set up, you can make a backup copy. Then, if the copy you
are using becomes corrupted, you don't have to trouble shoot. Just delete
it and copy the backup copy to the location from which you run it.

If you want to place it on another machine, you can copy it there and have
all your book marks and history. Just copy either the backup copy, if it is
current, or the one you use to the new location.

Regarding the backup copy, from time to time delete it and copy the one you
use to where you keep the backup. That way, bookmarks history, and any
changes you may have made will be current.

Here is the page:
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

Use your screen-readers find command and search for the word download.
After about three occurrences, you wwill see something like download version
and a number will be given, as you down arrow. That is the download link
you want.

It will download an exe file. the file won't install anything, it’s a
portable version, but it will place the files on your machine in a folder,
just as an installer does. Run the program from that folder and you can
send the file, firefox.exe you use to run it to the desktop as a shortcut
and run it from there. You can create a shortcut command as well using the
desktop shortcut. In other words, by making a desktop shortcut and then
assigning a shortcut command, you can run the program as easily and
conveniently as if it were installed.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: Janet
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 7:08 PM
To: 'main@TechTalk.groups.io'
Subject: [TechTalk] FireFox Browser Help Please.

Hi Everyone,
I am currently trying to download FireFox on my Windows 7 machine. What I
don't understand is why or maybe what password is FireFox asking me for? I
did fill in my email address, but now it wants a password, so I'm not sure
which password it is asking me for. Although, I did get a message saying
if I want a FireFox account, I will need to provide my email address and
password. Can I just bypasse this option?

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
Janet

Peace Be With You.
Re: Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

David Moore <jesusloves1966@...>
 

You can open both browsers at the same time . You can press enter on edge from your desktop, and then press windows and m to go back to the desktop, and press enter on firefox. Now, you can simply alt tab between the two opened browsers. You can have different browser sessions opened for each browser. If you get mixed up which browser you are in, just press insert and t to hear the title of the window and it will say Firefox or edge. Make sure an icon for each browser is on your desktop. You could also create a shortcut to open each browser like alt control and f for firefox, and ALT control m for Microsoft edge. To do that, go to the icon on your desktop and press Alt plus enter. Then, just tab to the shortcut key edit box, and press the key command alt control + m4 example for edge. Then you simply could press that command to open either browser. Take care, hope that helps. I will oh thanks for doing that


On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 7:26 PM Nancy Hill <girlyscream@...> wrote:
Since I have left IE behind, I now have FireFox and MSEdge on my Win10 PC.


There are definitely times when I would appreciate knowing how to
quickly switch from one to another and back.


Instructions would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks in Advance,

nancy
Re: Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Gene
 

Or for convenience, or perhaps some other reason, you can have both running. You can't have two different versions of Firefox running, I don't know about two Chrome or Chrome-based browsers but you can have Firefox and a Chrome based browser running simultaneously.

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Parsons
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 7:27 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Hi all,

Just be sure the URL of the site you want is in the clipboard, then
just exit one and go to the other.

Ann P.

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Re: Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Ann Parsons
 

Hi all,

Just be sure the URL of the site you want is in the clipboard, then just exit one and go to the other.

Ann P.

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"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost."
Re: FireFox Browser Help Please.

Gene
 

I don't know what you are working with but you are in the wrong place. I strongly recommend using Firefox portable and I'll provide the page from which to download it. It does everything the installed version does and has the following very significant advantages:
Once you have it set up, you can make a backup copy. Then, if the copy you are using becomes corrupted, you don't have to trouble shoot. Just delete it and copy the backup copy to the location from which you run it.

If you want to place it on another machine, you can copy it there and have all your book marks and history. Just copy either the backup copy, if it is current, or the one you use to the new location.

Regarding the backup copy, from time to time delete it and copy the one you use to where you keep the backup. That way, bookmarks history, and any changes you may have made will be current.

Here is the page:
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

Use your screen-readers find command and search for the word download. After about three occurrences, you wwill see something like download version and a number will be given, as you down arrow. That is the download link you want.

It will download an exe file. the file won't install anything, it’s a portable version, but it will place the files on your machine in a folder, just as an installer does. Run the program from that folder and you can send the file, firefox.exe you use to run it to the desktop as a shortcut and run it from there. You can create a shortcut command as well using the desktop shortcut. In other words, by making a desktop shortcut and then assigning a shortcut command, you can run the program as easily and conveniently as if it were installed.

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 7:08 PM
To: 'main@TechTalk.groups.io'
Subject: [TechTalk] FireFox Browser Help Please.

Hi Everyone,
I am currently trying to download FireFox on my Windows 7 machine. What I don't understand is why or maybe what password is FireFox asking me for? I did fill in my email address, but now it wants a password, so I'm not sure which password it is asking me for. Although, I did get a message saying if I want a FireFox account, I will need to provide my email address and password. Can I just bypasse this option?

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
Janet

Peace Be With You.
FireFox Browser Help Please.

Janet
 

Hi Everyone,
I am currently trying to download FireFox on my Windows 7 machine. What I don't understand is why or maybe what password is FireFox asking me for? I did fill in my email address, but now it wants a password, so I'm not sure which password it is asking me for. Although, I did get a message saying if I want a FireFox account, I will need to provide my email address and password. Can I just bypasse this option?

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
Janet

Peace Be With You.
Re: Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Holly
 

Nancy:

There should be an icon on the desktop for each browser. Just enter on the one you want to use at the time.
Re: Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Gene
 

Do you mean how to close one and run another or do you want to have both running at once?

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Hill
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 6:26 PM
To: TechTalk
Subject: [TechTalk] Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Since I have left IE behind, I now have FireFox and MSEdge on my Win10 PC.


There are definitely times when I would appreciate knowing how to
quickly switch from one to another and back.


Instructions would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks in Advance,

nancy
Refresher needed on how to switch between browsers

Nancy Hill
 

Since I have left IE behind, I now have FireFox and MSEdge on my Win10 PC.


There are definitely times when I would appreciate knowing how to quickly switch from one to another and back.


Instructions would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks in Advance,

nancy
Re: Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Abbie Taylor
 

Well, I'm experiencing the same issue with Outlook, and Control M definitely doesn't work for me. So, I'll try F9. Thanks.
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Re: differences between chrome and firefox

Gene
 

Browsing is browsing with any browser that supports the Virtual pc cursor and browse mode. It is either identical or almost identical between the two browsers. I expect there is at least one attachment for each browser that notifies you when a download finishes.

It is a very good idea to have both Firefox and Chrome or a Chrome-based browser on the same computer. Since one is Chrome or Chrome-based and Firefox isn't, when you are having a problem with a web site, trying the other browser may have better results and those results may be meaningful.

There are differences in the way the program is designed, Chrome has only one menu, Firefox has many menus, as most programs do.

Chrome works better in terms of speed of loading pages and it may not have a lagging problem Firefox may when you move through some pages. I don't know if this is a problem that amounts to anything, I don't use it much and I've only seen it on one site.

I think the concensus you will see here, if enough people write, is that a lot more people prefer Chrome. But having said that, if you are at all a demanding Internet user, you should have both. There won't be much to learn to use Firefox if you already know how to browse well.

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Giovanelli
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 3:15 PM
To: techtalk@groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] differences between chrome and firefox

Hello,

What are the differences between chrome and firefox? Does Firefox have a way to notify us as to when a download has finished?

I thank you for your thojughts.

Joe Giovanelli, W2PVY
Re: tape to mp3

heather albright
 

I do not have these players. I only have 1 box of cassettes and it is not full! Thank you all for your help! Heather

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

From: goshawk on horseback
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:32 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] tape to mp3
Importance: High

 

personally, I would recommend the new arthax, as it has a nice feature which actually lets one monitor the output, which is super handy for setting levels, eq settings if using a hardware eq, and such things.

 

Simon

 

 

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2020 10:05 PM

Subject: Re: [TechTalk] tape to mp3

 

Hi, Heather.
There are several ways in which you could convert cassette tapes into digital MP3 files and I am hardly an expert in this.
I used a Plextalk Pocket to do this. The Pocket is a small Daisy player, similar in many ways to the Victor Stream. The Pocket, which I believe is no longer being updated, is a great recording device. I just connected the Pocket to a tape player and recorded directly onto the Pocket. I then connected the Pocket to my computer's USB port and transferred the files to my PC. I imagine you could do a similar transfer with the Victor Stream. There are also software packages which could probably allow you to record directly from your computer. Audacity is free of cost and others, such as Gold Wave or Total Recorder, are reasonably priced.



David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019
 
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org

On 12/8/2020 2:46 PM, heather albright wrote:

Hay has anyone had any success of taking old tape cassettes and transferring the media to mp3 format? I saw a cassette player that had mp3 as well off amazon. It claimed you can put your old media directly to mp3 format with this player. So thought to ask the list, is it this simple or is there something else one needs to do. I am trying to empty my mom’s cassette box. Cheers Heather

 

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differences between chrome and firefox

Joe Giovanelli
 

Hello,

What are the differences between chrome and firefox? Does Firefox have a way to notify us as to when a download has finished?

I thank you for your thojughts.

Joe Giovanelli, W2PVY
Chrome sometime will not start

Loy <loyrg2845@...>
 

I am having a problem with Chrome not starting when I click a link or clicking the shortcut. I can sign out of Windows and restart and it will start working again. Anybody else experiencing this?
editing group e-mails in thunderbird

Troy Burnham
 

Hi all,

I have a list of e-mail addresses set up under one name in thunderbird so that when I type that name the message I send goes to all of those addresses, but at least one address has changed in that list since I created it. Since the address I need to change is part of a longer list can I just find that address and delete it and reenter it, or since it's part of the longer list do I need to do it a different way?

Thanks, and I hope this explanation is clear.

Troy
Re: Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Vicky Vaughan
 

Hi Thanks very much for your response. I just found out from a sighted person that Control plus M does indeed "Send and Receive, it just doesn't say so.

I never knew about the F9 possibility before.

Sincerely, Vicky

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of chris judge
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 10:07 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Hi. On mine, both control M and f9 will do the job.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: December 9, 2020 10:30 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

I just checked online and Outlook, for some reason doesn't use f5 for this command, it uses either control m or f9. I wonder if f9 will work since control m doesn't.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 8:13 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Does Outlook not use what has been a standard command in many e-mail programs for a long time? F5 is the command used in Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: chris judge
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 6:36 AM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?



Hi. Try f9.





Sent from Mail for Windows 10





From: Vicky Vaughan
Sent: December 8, 2020 7:04 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?





Hi List, Control plus M does not seem to update my Outlook 365 email inbox any more.



I am using a Windows 10 computer with Jaws 2020.



Do any of you have any suggestions?



Sincerely, Vicky V











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Re: Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

chris judge
 

Hi. On mine, both control M and f9 will do the job.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: December 9, 2020 10:30 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

I just checked online and Outlook, for some reason doesn't use f5 for this command, it uses either control m or f9. I wonder if f9 will work since control m doesn't.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 8:13 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Does Outlook not use what has been a standard command in many e-mail programs for a long time? F5 is the command used in Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: chris judge
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 6:36 AM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?



Hi. Try f9.





Sent from Mail for Windows 10





From: Vicky Vaughan
Sent: December 8, 2020 7:04 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?





Hi List, Control plus M does not seem to update my Outlook 365 email inbox
any more.



I am using a Windows 10 computer with Jaws 2020.



Do any of you have any suggestions?



Sincerely, Vicky V











Virus-free. www.avg.com
Re: Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

chris judge
 

It uses f9.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: December 9, 2020 10:13 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Does Outlook not use what has been a standard command in many e-mail programs for a long time? F5 is the command used in Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: chris judge
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 6:36 AM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?



Hi. Try f9.





Sent from Mail for Windows 10





From: Vicky Vaughan
Sent: December 8, 2020 7:04 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?





Hi List, Control plus M does not seem to update my Outlook 365 email inbox
any more.



I am using a Windows 10 computer with Jaws 2020.



Do any of you have any suggestions?



Sincerely, Vicky V











Virus-free. www.avg.com
Re: Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Gene
 

I just checked online and Outlook, for some reason doesn't use f5 for this command, it uses either control m or f9. I wonder if f9 will work since control m doesn't.

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 8:13 AM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Does Outlook not use what has been a standard command in many e-mail
programs for a long time? F5 is the command used in Thunderbird, Windows
Live Mail and Outlook Express.

Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: chris judge
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 6:36 AM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?



Hi. Try f9.





Sent from Mail for Windows 10





From: Vicky Vaughan
Sent: December 8, 2020 7:04 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?





Hi List, Control plus M does not seem to update my Outlook 365 email inbox
any more.



I am using a Windows 10 computer with Jaws 2020.



Do any of you have any suggestions?



Sincerely, Vicky V











Virus-free. www.avg.com
Re: Downloading Outlook 365 messages?

Gene
 

Does Outlook not use what has been a standard command in many e-mail programs for a long time? F5 is the command used in Thunderbird, Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express.

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: chris judge
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2020 6:36 AM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?



Hi. Try f9.





Sent from Mail for Windows 10





From: Vicky Vaughan
Sent: December 8, 2020 7:04 PM
To: main@techtalk.groups.io
Subject: [TechTalk] Downloading Outlook 365 messages?





Hi List, Control plus M does not seem to update my Outlook 365 email inbox any more.



I am using a Windows 10 computer with Jaws 2020.



Do any of you have any suggestions?



Sincerely, Vicky V











Virus-free. www.avg.com
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