[gui-talk] Seeking Guidance On MSIE8

[Jorge Paez]

Mike:
What kind of configurations did you have to do?
I'm considering upgrading to IE 9 so I can make sure my websites work with the latest browsers.

Also: I heard that FS did post a warning for Magic users.



On May 30, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> George:
> 
> I agree with you completely. Office 2007 was quite a change but still quite
> useable and 2010 isn't that different. Moreover, if one is using JAWS 12,
> the "virtual Ribbon" menu system makes it even easier. I vascillate between
> turning it ON and OFF.
> 
> As for IE 9, it isn't that bad unless you're using screen magnification
> rather than speech synthesis. If this last is the case, one is probably
> better off staying with IE 8. However, once I made a few configuration
> changes in IE 9, everything works satisfactorily and although the way one
> gets at a few of the functions has changed, it isn't that bad IMO. The one
> caveat I might note is that when I installed IE 9, the installer had to
> disable JAWS so I had to bring up Narrator to see what was going on and
> ultimately had to do a system restart (probably needed anyway). But the
> system seems more stable to me now than it was before I installed IE 9.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jorge Paez
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 8:48 AM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Seeking Guidance On MSIE8
> 
> Not true about office--at least in my experience its been completely
> accessible.
> 
> 
> On May 30, 2011, at 3:41 AM, James Pepper wrote:
> 
>> IT is as if microsoft has abandoned accessibility in its new software, 
>> particularly office 2010.  It is very strange.  Dont mess with a good 
>> thing, stay where you are!  And absolutely stay away from IE 9, it is 
>> a disaster area for everyone!
>> 
>> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Rob Tabor <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>> 
>>> Good evening all.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have been using MSIE7 for quite some time, even on my new-to-me 
>>> Asus 644 bit laptop running Windows 7. However, I regularly get popup 
>>> prompts to upgrade to MSIE-8 which I am reluctant to do as some have 
>>> reported screen reader interface problems with JAWS, and I have 
>>> personally experienced this problem when I last attempted it with JFW 
>>> 9. I would like to hear any observations you might have to offer as 
>>> to the interface between IE-8 and JAWS 12. Thanks to all in advance.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Rob Tabor & White Cane Raúl Junior
>>> 
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