I read with interest this thread and am left wondering:
I use NVDA and have let Firefox automaticly update as the program
opens and operates. I've been very busy while Windows 10 continues to
morph and apparently don't know how to view my program versions in the
Control panel anymore. I suspect, however, that I'm running Firefox
62.
All this being said, I have no problems with page loads, none with
navigation by letter and no problems browsing and using online forms
with Firefox. I can't say more than this except that I also update
NVDA regularly (4 or so times a year) and things run smoothly.
I am a bit mystified with the new Windows 10 Control Panel though,
constant operating system software changes really do leave those of us
who simply need a tool in the dark.
We're busy and have little time left to understand the changes updates
force upon us.
On 9/22/18, Stan Berman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ted, Gary, ant LIST:
>
> I just updated to FF 60.2.0 ESR yesterday and it is a bust. My two
> problems indentified in just an hour of use are:
>
> 1. It takes from a minimum of 30 seconds to as long as 3 to over 4
> minutes
> to load a web page. This is on an I7 that runs around 3 GHz with 16 GB of
> RAM. ... and these pages don't have lots of graphics. The last indication
> that the page is fully loaded and operational is that you can navigate the
> page using the headings or use edit fields; you only get announcements
> that
> there are no headings or there are no edit fields on the page.
>
> 2. You must have the latest version of JAWS: JAWS 2018. It didn't even
> work with JAWS 18 updated to the current version of 18. Now that JAWS 19
> is
> out, what happens to use of JAWS 2018; is FF going to require 19?
>
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Does anyone know how FF 60.2.0 works with NVDA?
>
> 2. Does anyone have experience with Opera or any other browser with JAWS
> and the current release of FireFox ESR that you would recommend?
>
>
> Finally, I found I have a copy of the .exe file for FF version 52.50 and
> hope that it will install properly. Interestingly, the list of installed
> programs in the Control Panel shows that this version of FireFox is still
> installed as well as version 60.2.0 -- Is there some way that I can just
> remove the 60.2.0 update?
>
> If someone needs the executable file for 52.50 version of FireFox, let me
> know offline and I'll try to find a way to get to you or let me know what
> you suggest.
>
> Thanks for any insights , suggestions or answers to questions asked and
> questions not asked.
>
> Stan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of gary-melconian
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 5:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Firefox ESR version 52.0 no longer available
>
>
>
> Time to either look at chrome or I e or ms edge or any other browser that
> can run on windows .
>
>
>
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Ted Chittenden
> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Firefox ESR version 52.0 no longer available
>
>
>
> Hi to all.
>
>
>
> Okay. I've gotten Firefox ESR 52 to upload without updating to Firefox ESR
> 60. What you need to do is change your update settings before you uninstall
> the updated version of Firefox to either "not update at all" (not
> recommended by the company) or "show me updates and let me decide". Then,
> when you reinstall the older version of Firefox ESR 52, it will not
> automatically update to the Firefox ESR 60 version.
>
>
>
> That said, I'm very convinced that Firefox ESR 52's days are pretty much
> numbered now.
>
>
>
> --
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> Ted Chittenden
>
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>
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> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Ted Chittenden
> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 10:53 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Firefox ESR version 52.0 no longer available
>
>
>
> Hi to all.
>
>
>
> For those of us (including yours truly) who have been using Mozilla ESR52
> because it worked with JAWS 17.0, that option is no longer available-at
> least not from Mozilla. At approximately 8:30AM this morning (Arizona
> time),
> my Mozilla Firefox automatically updated itself to the Firefox 60 version
> that requires JAWS 2018 to operate. When I uninstalled and reinstalled the
> older Firefox ESR52, the newer version was reinstalled. Finally, I went to
> the Firefox website to see if I could download the older version there. And
> while it said on the website that I could download the older version there,
> when I checked the downloads folder after downloading the file, it said
> Firefox ESR60.
>
>
>
> I had read a few months back that Firefox was going to do this, and now it
> has happened. The only way I know of where you might be able to get an
> older
> version of Firefox now to work with JAWS 17 would be to search through
> sites
> that allow you to download older versions of software. If you opt to go
> this
> route, you will have to make sure that any version of Firefox you download
> can no longer communicate with Mozilla which will also mean that that
> browser will *not* be fixed if it becomes infested with viruses.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Ted Chittenden
>
>
>
> Every story has at least two sides, if not more.
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