How to install opera?

chris hallsworth christopherh40 at googlemail.com
Wed Jun 2 21:02:59 UTC 2010


Many thanks for answering my question. I will stick to Firefox, as I 
rely on Orca as I am registered blind with light perception.


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On 02/06/2010 22:00, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:55 PM, chris hallsworth
> <christopherh40 at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>> For my visual impairment am I better off with Firefox or should I give
>> Opra a try?
>
> Without knowing about the impairment, it's hard to tell.
>
> Opera does not use Gtk so the Orca screenreader cannot read it. (Nor
> does it work with HAL on Windows.)
>
> On the other hand, if you have some vision but have difficulty with
> small text on coloured backgrounds or images, you may find Opera's
> "user mode", which strips a lot of the formatting out of web pages, to
> be a great assistance.
>




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