I have two different messages: one each for Chris and Harry.

Chris:
I am in partial agreement with Harry about Firefox 49--in Windows, instead of downloading the .mp3 file type to your .mp3 player of choice, it automatically plays it inside the browser. Like harry, I've been looking to change where the .MP3 file type plays without success thus far. In addition, for those using the latest version of Firefox with Windows, take note that some (but not all) of the add-ons available for older versions of Firefox will not work with Firefox 49 and the company explicitly states this when you go to download the specific add-on.

Harry:
Unless you have memory or available drivespace issues (which you may have--I don't know), you could keep Internet Explorer 11 and Firefox on the same computer but use them for different things. For example, I (mostly) prefer how Firefox handles the reading of emails in my web-based email system and its handling of audio file types (other than .MP3) so I use that browser for both of those purposes. On the other hand, if I just wish to listen to .MP3 file types, then I'll open Internet Explorer (I've already set up the file type to play in Windows Media Player) and play it there.

In the short term, this arrangement works fine. In the long term, because Microsoft is replacing Internet Explorer with Microsoft Edge and because Microsoft Edge is (reportedly) more persnickety about what file types can be played than Internet Explorer is and assuming that vendors of screenreading software will be unable to develop the updates necessary to read Microsoft Edge, and, assuming further that Narrator will be unable to support braille displays, one will have to utilize a browser other than Internet Explorer with the Windows product. And, as far as I know, Firefox and Google Chrome are your only choices in this regard.
--
Ted Chittenden

Every story has at least two sides if not more.
---- Christopher Chaltain <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
Well, I don't have trouble downloading files with Firefox, and I'm using 
the latest Firefox on Linux. I'd suggest trying the same thing I sent 
you off line, namely going into Preferences and then Applications. Down 
arrow to the file type you're having trouble with, like MP3, and then 
change to always ask or save file. For MP3, I have it set to always ask.

On 28/09/16 23:07, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> Using jaws 17, windows 10, and firefox 49.1.
> I finally got how to add a bookmark and delete a bookmark in firefox,
> and as usual, wrote that down, and put it into my computer notebook folder.
> Here's the problem, with firefox 21 and later, they use a media codec on
> your computer, and when you click on a download link for an mp3 file,
> the file plays, and it dowsn't download.
> I have been all over the web and I got onto firefox help web pages.
> one page said, to type about:config in the address bar, and then look
> for something that says windows media windows audio, and I did that,
> couldn't find it at all!
> Then, I read a firefox support page that said to go to options, which I
> did, and found the list box, and down arrowed to applications. Then, the
> support page said to look for the file type, which in this case is .mp3,
> and then, find the application, and there is no file type list.
> What a mess! They did not have this problem till they got the brilliant
> idea to make firefox 21 and later, play the file, and not download it.
> So, you might as well stick with internet explorer for everything,
> except if you're going to listen to an audio stream that uses winamp.
> This goes to show all of us that sometimes newer versions of programs
> are not better, and of course, we all know that, because I've heard many
> computer users tell me, exactly that.
> At least I can download with internet explorer 11, with no problems.
> Harry
>
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