[senit] FireFox

(Open Source interest declared...)

One of the great things about the CSUN conference is the chance to talk 
directly to developers like Charles Chen et al, who have helped make Firefox 
the most generally accessible browser ever. 

I know that many of the comments these guys received from us "academic 
types" three years ago became a part of the CLiCk-Speak add-on and other 
solutions. They really do listen to what we say. 

Meanwhile, it was great to see Steve, and I'll keep blogging about the 
conference (I think six posts are up so far) until I run out of topics. As 
always, the long trip to Los Angeles proved well worth the effort.
http://speedchange.blogspot.com/ 

Ira David Socol
Special Education Technology Scholar
CEPSE
College of Education
Michigan State University
socolira at msu.edu
http://speedchange.blogspot.com/ 

Steve Lee writes: 

> (Open Source interest declared...) 
> 
> Hi Clare it's great to hear that. I'm being slightly off topic but I
> think this might be of interest to the group. 
> 
> I've just got back from the CSUN conference were we had great time on
> the Mozilla booth explaining about the new accessibility features in
> the soon to be released Firefox 3.  Actually you can try the latest
> and quite stable Beta 4
> http://en.www.mozilla.com/en/firefox/all-beta.html. 
> 
> A version of the flier that we handed out to summarise these new
> features is available at
> http://www.accessfirefox.org/Firefox_3_Accessibility_Features.php 
> 
> And if you have not discovered it yet, www.accessfirefox.org is a
> great community resource for finding out about Firefox accessibility
> features. 
> 
> PS You can read more about Stephen Fry's great articles at:
> http://eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog/270482.html 
> 
> Steve Lee 
> 
> On 16/03/2008, Claire Barnes <clairebarnes at willowdeneschool.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>
>>  In December, Stephen Fry implored his readers to give the internet browser
>>  FireFox a two week trial in his Dork Talk column in the Guardian. He
>>  promised there was no going back to any alternative offered on Mac or
>>  Windows. 
>>
>> 
>>
>>  I finally got round to it last night and after 12 hours I can honestly say
>>  it has revolutionised my web browsing. I am probably preaching to the
>>  converted, but I feel like web browsing has suddenly jumped into the 21st
>>  century, thanks to all the natty little add-ons. 
>>
>> 
>>
>>  My absolute favourite is Super DragAndGo - where have you been all my life? 
>>
>> 
>>
>>  I'm on the hunt for other lovely add-ons and wonder if senit members have
>>  any recommendations? 
>>
>> 
>>
>>  Thanks, 
>>
>> 
>>
>>  Claire Barnes 
>>
>>  Willow Dene School