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I just tried this application with the JFW screen reader but it was not very successful. There seems to be a conflict between the two systems causing my machine to hang. Steve. > > Apologies to those of you that are already familiar with this browser but > we've just 'found' it and would like to share the good news. > > Opera runs under Windows (3 and 95), it's very fast and small, it's also > quite cheap (shareware with a $30 registration fee for single copies). We're > excited by it because it has good support for disabled users. All the > functions are fully keyboard accessible (links are highlighted with marquees > and can be tabbed to), there is a good range of colour and text size options > allowing users with visual difficulties much improved access to web pages > (graphical backgrounds can be replaced with plain colours etc). There is > also a zoom feature but this seemed rather slow and buggy on the system we > tried it on. > > We initially found Opera on a PCW cover disk (April 97) but couldn't get it > to work. Downloading a new version from the makers web site fixed that. > Point your browser at: > http://opera.nta.no > > Happy surfing. > > Phil Satchell > Technical Project Officer, Office for Students with Disabilities > Open University > Steve Metcalfe Division of Assistive Resources and Technology University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, UK Tel: +44 (0)1482 440550 ext. 4029 Fax: +44 (0)1482 441411 EMail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%