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03 Jun 2008, 1:52 pm

Has anyone tried the Zac Browser for self or kids?
http://www.zacbrowser.com/

I heard of it through the Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/artic ... istic_boy/


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03 Jun 2008, 4:38 pm

I'm alright with firefox and currently have no kids, but that is a really awesome thing he did!

And personally, any autie kid who has any want to use a comp ought to be able to work with something made simple like that.

A really awesome idea though would be to let parents customise it to their kid. Then you truely could build a software for every kid on the spectrum.


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03 Jun 2008, 5:02 pm

great idea.
am know of two who are trying to learn how to use a computer,and this could be really useful for.

am will have a go when can get the website working.


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03 Jun 2008, 8:18 pm

Really cool idea! Thanks for bringing it up....I shall check it out :)



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03 Jun 2008, 8:51 pm

Very interesting, I can't wait to check it out once the site is up.