Hi. I've been free from Windows for 3 years. I was surprised how much
trouble a Windows user had just doing a google search. Maybe web access
is better in Windows, but it no longer seems that way to me. I don't
have to jump through all the hoops a Windows screen reader user needs to
do to get web access to a simple text sight.
Kenny
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:28:51AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
> I still prefer to brows the web in windows. I just don't like the
> linux web browsers. that will hopefully change when mozilla becomes
> accessible.On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:01:05AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Darragh writes:
> > > I think web browsing still has a long way to go before I would do it in
> > > linux all the time.
> >
> >
> > I know people say this, but my experience is quite the opposite. Of
> > course, there are pages that don't work accessibly in Linux, but many of
> > those pages also don't work in Windows. I say that because I've tried
> > them both ways.
> >
> > So, yes all that javascript may not be accessible with links, but a lot
> > of it doesn't work with IE either.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Darragh
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker at octothorp.org>
> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:40 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Restoring grub
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Maybe you should consider it a good thing that WinXP messed up
> > > > once again and try to live without it. But if you must have it, do this.
> > > > First, at a shell prompt, type mkbootdisk <kernel_version>. I have the
> > > > latest Fedora Speakup kernel, so I'd say:
> > > > mkbootdisk 2.4.22-2f.nptlspk2
> > > > Actually, you can change directory to /lib/modules.
> > > > If you have only one kernel installed, just type mkbootdisk <tab>, where
> > > > <tab> is the tab key and backspace over the /. Next, reinstall the ugly.
> > > > Using the bootdisk to
> > > > get back into Linux, do:
> > > > grub-install /dev/hda
> > > > This assumes that you're booting from the master disk on the first
> > > > controller.
> > > > HTH.
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Bill in Denver
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Darragh wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have to reinstall windows xp but the first thing it'll do is put its
> > > boot information into the master boot record. how can I
> > > > >
> > > > > 1 create a boot disk for Fedira
> > > > >
> > > > > 2 restore Grub so I get the boot up screen that I get now?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Darragh
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> > Janina Sajka
> > Email: janina at rednote.net
> > Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
> > Director, Technology Research and Development
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