Unfortunately this only works some of the time? Sometimes there are still
popups, although this seems to lessen it. Perhaps if you click off "enable
style sheets as well"? The pop ups open seem to open in the menu bar. I'm
still experimenting with this. Please let me know if this helps.
-Karen
McCandlish
Monroe
Community College
Leroy V Good
Library
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-----Original Message-----
From: McCandlish, Karen (ETS: Library)
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Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 5:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Pop-ups & Screen Readers, Accessibility
and free screen reade r
A librarian showed me how to disable pop ups in Netscape.
Go to Edit -
Preferences -
Advanced
and then unclick Enable Java and Enable Java script to turn
them off
then click on disable cookies.
Appears to work.
I haven't figured out how to disable Java in Explorer, but
I'm sure there's
a way. Anyone?
Pop up can be annoying and confusing to the sighted as well
as those with
vision problems. Hope this helps.
Windows 95 also has some accessibility features as well
within the Settings,
Control Panel, as you probably know. You can also go into
desktop and
magnify the text greatly.
ReadPlease 2000 is a free text to voice program available
online at:
http://www.readplease.com/download.htm
<http://www.readplease.com/download.htm>
Unfortunately it does require some sight as the text must be
copied and
pasted onto the ReadPlease screen, but it is available free
and can benefit
the visually impaired as well as learning disabled and ESOL
students.
-Karen
McCandlish
Monroe
Community College
Leroy V Good
Library
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jenny Levine
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Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 3:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Pop-ups & Screen Readers
Forgive me if this has been
discussed before but for
those that are
interested, there are shareware and freeware
programs you
can download
to automatically close or just plain block
pop up windows.
Of course,
there may be instances where you will lose
valid
information, but if you
don't want to or can't see them to begin
with, these
programs could be
useful. Here are a couple I've come across
in my Web
travels....
NoAds (free) --
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,00124X,.html
AdSubtract ($29.95) --
http://www.adsubtract.com/
Adfilter ($24.95) --
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,000YZ7,.html
Sorry for the long URL, but more are
listed at the
following URL:
http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/mlt.html?link=1&Utext
=ad+ads+advertisement+advertising+banner+block+browser+browsing+cookie+.
Jenny Levine
Internet Development Specialist
Suburban Library System
http://www.sls.lib.il.us/
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