# Firefox Anyone?

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by cumbiambera2005 (i just keep on posting!) on Friday, 05-Dec-2008 4:36:16

Just wanted to see what you guys think about firefox anyone who uses it? Is it good? What are the ups and downs? How jaws friendly is it? just curious....I use IE but just wanted to investigate, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

## Post 2 by ¤§¤spike¤§¤ (This site is so "educational") on Friday, 05-Dec-2008 10:14:36

To cumbiambera2005, I'll answer your question as follows:
I use Firefox 3.0.4 under both Jaws7.0 and 8.0. I do so because some sites work better under Jaws 7, and some work better under Jaws 8. Its pretty Jaws friendly, and if you configure NoScript properly, that is hard to do the first few times you use it, and has some issues with some sites, damn you Youtube...:) The keystrokes you use under IE can be mostly transfered to Firefox easily enough.
Under my copy of Jaws 8, sometimes when I close Firefox, it don't close properly, forcing me to go to task manager to close it. If you have anymore Firefox questions, ask me in this thread, and I'll try to help you out when it comes to switching from IE to Firefox, and to best way to do it, at least in my experience.

## Post 3 by rat (star trek rules!) on Friday, 05-Dec-2008 16:17:15

i've been a firefox user for a while now, i don't use IE unless i absolutely need too anymore. for one firefox loads pages a lot quicker than IE has ever done it, i've also had a lot less spyware on this system since i got it.
s for jaws and firefox, 8 works ok with it, 9 and above work almost perfectly with it, you may have problems once in a while, but nothing works absolutely right 100% of the time.

## Post 4 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Friday, 05-Dec-2008 19:22:26

If you get web vissum with firefox, your set for almost any site that hahs captchas.

## Post 5 by buster gonad (Account disabled) on Friday, 05-Dec-2008 19:59:23

i also use fire fox, for example it eats face book and is so much more stable. also once configured correctly works a dream with youtube.

## Post 6 by cumbiambera2005 (i just keep on posting!) on Saturday, 06-Dec-2008 5:38:43

Oh awesome! Where do you get those scripts?

## Post 7 by purple penguin (Don't you hate it when someone answers their own questions? I do.) on Saturday, 13-Dec-2008 16:48:43

I should use firefox more, but it keeps crashing for some reason. I've just been too lazy to reinstall it.

## Post 8 by GreenTurtle (Music is life. Love. Vitality.) on Saturday, 13-Dec-2008 23:06:53

Yeah, the new version of Firefox shouldn't crash as much. I just switched to Firefox last week, and I like it a lot better than IE so far. I haven't had any problems with it, and I'm using Jaws 8 and Firefox 3.0.4.

## Post 9 by battle star queen (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 16-Dec-2008 19:57:34

I just put fire fox on my pc and find it to be much faster than ie.

## Post 10 by cumbiambera2005 (i just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2008 5:14:38

I got firefox last week since I decided to go ahead and try it out for myself, and it seems to work out quite well. I dont use it for everything, but I think it serves well for a secondary browser. There was one thing I didn't like though, I think it was the forms, like combo boxes and stuff like that, the way it is read, i think that kind of threw me off a little. Also downloading files seems to be a bit tricky. But other than that, seems to work well.

## Post 11 by the illusive man (my ISP would be out of business if it wasn't for this haven I live at) on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2008 19:25:32

firefox is great! I'm using 3.0.1. How would I go about upgradeing?

## Post 12 by rat (star trek rules!) on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2008 20:37:29

what do you mean downloading files is tricky? i don't have much trouble with it, and sometimes the way firefox reads forms is nice, i found i understood it easier than IE. firefox is my default browser, and it's staying that way. heh

## Post 13 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Thursday, 18-Dec-2008 13:05:19

Go into help and check for updates.

## Post 14 by KnuxDude (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2008 5:31:58

firefox, anyone? Shouldn't the topic be, firefox, everyone? Firefox and jaws 7 works ok, thogh I've experienced that jaws 7 will some times jump up and down on a webpage. 8 I don't know from a personal experience, though I can assure you spike knows what he is talking about. Imho anything above 8 is bloatware. Firefox is nice but takes forever to load some times. somdtimes in the download dialogue you need to mouse the ok button.

## Post 15 by purple penguin (Don't you hate it when someone answers their own questions? I do.) on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2008 17:27:38

It works now after I reinstalled it.
Jaws doesn't give me an indication when the page loads.

## Post 16 by blindndangerous (the blind and dangerous one) on Wednesday, 24-Dec-2008 20:24:24

If you install web vissum, it'll make a sound.

## Post 17 by south park fan (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Sunday, 28-Dec-2008 19:12:56

Hi all,
I'm currently using Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 and it works fine but once in a while, it crashes. When it does crash, I just deal with it. Nothing is perfect.

## Post 18 by purple penguin (Don't you hate it when someone answers their own questions? I do.) on Sunday, 28-Dec-2008 19:47:25

I just reinstalled web visum after reinstalling firefox. I love the captcha solver.
I doubt you would like if a software crashes everytime you use it.