[jawsscripts] Re: JAWS with Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, Or Firefox

  • From: Chad Foster <chad.foster@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:36:47 -0500

All great input. Thanks to all for your perspectives.


Best,

Chad

On 2/24/14, Homme, James <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have the latest 32 bit Firefox, and I see no problems with it.
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chad Foster
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:01 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS with Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, Or
> Firefox
>
> Thanks everyone for your feedback. For those using Firefox, what
> version works best with JAWS? Or, is the most recent version the best?
>
> I assume that there is no difference in terms of accessibility across
> 32-bit and 64-bit browser versions? All input is appreciated.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chad
>
> On 2/24/14, Homme, James <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> NVDA does a good job eith Chrome, but we are talking JAWS scripting here,
>> so
>> I should stop that kind of talk.
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita
>> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:32 AM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: JAWS with Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome,
>> Or
>> Firefox
>>
>> Chrome is the worst browser, or better said it may be good, but the
>> screen
>> readers are bad.
>>
>> I have just downgraded from IE11 to IE10 under Win 7 64bit because with
>> IE11
>> when I needed to write large pieces of text in a textarea, after writing
>> more lines, say 20 or 30, Jaws became very sluggish.
>> Also in those textareas Jaws didn't read well as "blank" the empty lines,
>> but use to read the previous or next line, so I couldn't find where were
>> the
>> blank lines to write there.
>> Plus that for many times it was hard to use the web page using the Jaws
>> cursor, because sometimes the cursor couldn't see the entire screen or
>> route
>> jaws to pc cursor command didn't put the Jaws cursor right at the PC
>> cursor
>> location.
>>
>> IE10 is a little better, but not great.
>>
>> Firefox also has problems when trying to read the screen using the Jaws
>> cursor, similar to the ones in IE11, so routing Jaws to PC doesn't work
>> very
>> well, but sometimes it works OK.
>>
>> I told you what I found and I am curious what others say, because
>> regarding
>> IE11, I am not sure if Jaws was my problem or that Jaws didn't like the
>> video card and its driver... so I can't make a very good recommendation,
>> but
>> anyway, in any case, IE10 is better than IE11.
>>
>> -Octavian
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chad Foster" <chad.foster@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Scripting" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 4:59 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] JAWS with Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, Or
>> Firefox
>>
>>
>>> All, I am working on a scripting project and need to find the  best
>>> browser to use. The customer preferences are: (1) Google Chrome; (2)
>>> Internet Explorer 11; and, (3) Firefox.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have success using JAWS with Google Chrome? If so, what
>>> version?
>>>
>>> What about IE11? Firefox?
>>>
>>> Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Chad
>>> What is the best version of Firefox to use with JAWS?
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