[gui-talk] An I.E. 8 inquiry:

[albert griffith]

Keep in mind 8 has the ability to operate as 7 under conditions you can
define.  This allows you to take advantage of new technologies and revert to
older means when necessary.  If no one uses it we won't get the newer web
2.0 and other tech innovations developed because people won't be using them.
It's a difficult decision but someone has to do it.  I wouldn't upgrade if I
needed the browser for work.  

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Pepper
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 2:34 AM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] An I.E. 8 inquiry:

All versions of IE 8 will not work with JAWS 8. IE 8 only works partially
with JAWS 9.  Even with JAWS 10 you have problems.  If you are blind do not
upgrade to IE 8 until they work out the kinks in the program.  IE 8 is new,
you should not be the guinee pig for new technology.

Not that many webmasters know how to utilize the new accessibility features
in IE 8 and given the general lack of accessibility in websites to begin
with, why should you expect better?

But if you do want to keep IE 8 you could try using WebAnywhere which is an
ARIA based screen reader.  Other than that you are out of luck.

James

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:51 PM, albert griffith <
albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> When you say uninstall IE 8 do you mean Yahoo's version or any version?
> thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James Pepper
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 3:58 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] An I.E. 8 inquiry:
>
> IE 8 uses the new system called ARIA which is a method of describing form
> fields under a new standard for accessibility. It makes it possible for
> people to claim they are making their content accessible using AJAX but
> they
> don't have to think about the practical aspects of accessible design.
The
> problem is nobody really knows how to design for this yet and so even
> though
> JAWS 10 is designed to work in this new format, they have not worked out
> all
> the bugs.  IE 8 does not work with JAWS 8 and has serious limitations with
> JAWS 9.
>
> The unfortunate thing is that Yahoo has completely disregarded the blind
> and
> forced IE 8 upon all of its customers.  You have to uninstall IE 8 to get
> your screen readers to work properly, that is the only solution.
>
> The big problem here is that designers cannot design webpages for
> accessibility under the old standards, they are hardly going to be able to
> do it for the new standards.
>
> James Pepper
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