Tag Archives: JAWS

What’s new in Accessibility in Firefox 8.0

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Marco

The newest update to Firefox has just been released to the public, and it’s that time again where we look at the user-facing and facing assistive technologies changes in this Firefox release. If not otherwise noted, these changes apply to … Continue reading →

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JAWS 10 public beta’s Firefox 3 support: A review

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Marco

In the August issue of the “FS Cast” podcast, Freedom Scientific announced the soon-to-be expected availability of JAWS 10 public beta. They also demoed many of the new features, like the automatic forms mode switching. They also mentioned that they … Continue reading →

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How to make JAWS 8.0 load the Firefox configuration for Firefox 3.0

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Marco

In order for JAWS 8.0 to load the Firefox configuration also for Firefox 3.0, so that a Virtual Find can be performed using Ctrl+F, the file C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\8.0\Settings\enu\ConfigNames.ini must be edited. At the end of the … Continue reading →

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