[gui-talk] [nfb-talk] Fw: Accessible Devices Important Information AboutUpcoming I E 7 Release Especially For Jaws Users

[Kelly Ford]

All,

Apologies for any duplication here.  Although I'm subscribed to this list
with my personal e-mail address, I do work at Microsoft and on the IE team.

The information forwarded here is misleading.  It is true that IE7 will be
made available through automatic updates but you will have to respond to a
welcome screen before IE7 gets installed.  That process will give you
choices to install now, get a reminder later or skip the install.  IE7 will
not be updated on your system without your consent.  If your computer is
managed by a corporate admin it is possible that situation could involve
deployment of IE7 without your choice but this is likely to be the
exception.  Individual users will not experience an IE7 update unless they
make a choice to have it installed.

We have a posting on the IE Blog at
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/26/678149.aspx that goes into
greater detail and has links to articles with more details on corporate
deployments of IE7.  You do not need to turn off automatic updates to avoid
any install of IE7 because again you will be prompted as to whether you want
the IE7 install or not.

Thanks,

Kelly

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Christopher McMillan
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:10 AM
To: GUI Talk; NFB Talk; rehab at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fw: Accessible Devices Important Information
AboutUpcoming I E 7 Release Especially For Jaws Users

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher McMillan" <chrismmcmillan at gmail.com>
To: "GUI Talk" <gui-talk at NFBnet.org>; <rehab at nfbnet.org>; "NFB Talk" 
<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:42 AM
Subject: Fw: Accessible Devices Important Information About Upcoming I E 7
Release Especially For Jaws Users


---- Original Message -----
From: Parker at Vip conduit
To: Accessible Devices
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:55 PM
Subject: Accessible Devices Important Information About Upcoming I E 7
Release Especially For Jaws Users


Please Note we are providing this for your information only.
*** We are unable to provide any tech support. ***
FYI
IE7 is soon to be on it's way to you via the Windows Update feature.
Currently very few Assistive Technology products support the new version of
the popular browser. And in some cases you will have to obtain an paid
upgrade for better support or compatibility to IE7. The danger is that you
may have Automatic Updates set on your computer or network. Which could be
bad when you boot up to a whole new browser. To prevent this, you can go
into Control Panel, Automatic Updates and set them to "Notify me but do not
download updates". You will have to be on the look out for IE7 in the
Critical Updates next time Microsoft issues a patch. For that you must
strike IE7 from the list of available downloads in Windows or Microsoft
update.
On November 1, 2006, Microsoft will turn on automatic updates to allow you
to get IE7 through the automatic update service.  If you want it sooner,
then get it from Microsoft on October 18.  If you are a Window-Eyes user,
you are all set if you are running version 5.5 of Window-Eyes.  Some new
enhancements for IE 7.0 will appear in Window-Eyes 6.0 this week.  If you
are a JAWS user, then JAWS 7.1 will function except for combo boxes.
Official support for IE 7.0 will ship with JAWS 8.0.
JAWS version 8 will include support for Internet Explorer 7, support for
shared calendars in Microsoft Outlook, enhanced functionality in many
Microsoft Office programs, and inclusion of high-quality RealSpeak speech
synthesizers for those who want to use them.  If you want to hear what they
will sound like, try the sound samples at
<
http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/languages/>http://www.nuance.com/realspeak/l
anguages/
Window-Eyes Version 6.0 Beta 1 due for release on 16 October.  Version 6
provides support for the Microsoft Outlook Calendar and for Microsoft Office
PowerPoint among other enhancements.  Gw Micro is posting teaser articles to
its web site and podcast           series describing the new features.


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