Firefox in Linux?

[Janina Sajka]

Chris Gray writes:
> Hi Janina:
> 
> I don't seem to be able to access this ftp address.  I get a message 
> indicating I don't have authorization to go to that page.

So it seems. I did a pwd command and simply printed the response. I
didn't test it in a browser as I typically access ftp addresses with an
ftp user agent, not a web browser.

So, the following is known to work:

anonymous ftp to ...

ftp.mozilla.org

cd pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/accessibility/

Sorry about the browser data. I took them at their word.

> 
> Chris
> 
> On Fri, 11 Feb 
> 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> >Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:49:38 -0500
> >From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> >Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> >Subject: Re: Firefox in Linux?
> >
> >For various reasons having to do with procedure, current Mozilla
> >accessible is in a separate code branch. While the intention is to
> >eventually merge the code supporting accessibility into Mozilla head,
> >that's not where you will find it today.
> >
> >Firefox is a Mozilla variant.
> >
> >Accessible Mozilla is at:
> >
> >ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/sites/ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/accessibility/
> >
> >Luke Yelavich writes:
> >>On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 06:48:04AM EST, Martin McCormick wrote:
> >>>Luke Yelavich writes:
> >>>>I would stick with lynx at this stage, as accessible firefox is not
> >>>>exactly ready for prime time yet.
> >>>
> >>>	I can understand that since it is written for a GUI
> >>>environment.  Is there any project afoot to make it accessible one of
> >>>these days?  I still think the open-source software is more likely to
> >>>give us better accessibility in the long run but patience will need to
> >>>be a virtue since the problems that need to be solved are thorny to
> >>>say the least.  I think Firefox is open source but I may be mistaken.
> >>
> >>if you are prepared to spend time setting up X and GNOME, you can use
> >>Gnopernicus to get an idea of what FireFox is like. Gnopernicus will
> >>give you access to the GNOME desktop, and a bit of access in FireFox.
> >>
> >>FireFox has a carrot browsing mode, which basically allows you to move a
> >>cursor round reading by line, etc. However, it doesn't as yet handle
> >>complex site layouts, such as tables. It it turned on by the F7 key,
> >>however the dialog that you get the first time is not read out either,
> >>so there is still a lot of work to do.
> >>
> >>Luke
> >>
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

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