[jaws-uk] Re: Internet Explorer 7 question
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:08:17 +0100
Just to add to this IE7 issue, here's a snippet from a
message on an XP Help list.
So if you have an HP printer, and are having IE7 problems,
it might be worth seeing if there are newer printer drivers
available from HP.
"I have removed IE7 several times because of a software
problem with
my HP printer that has now finally been fixed by HP with a
patch to
allow it's software to work with IE7."
George.
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From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tristram
Llewellyn
Sent: 12 April 2007 09:37
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Internet Explorer 7 question
IE7 is definitely more pondorous than even IE6. In terms of
speed Firefox beats both hands down. I have I think become
a Firefox convert for a variety of reasons (speed among
them) but we only number about 12 percent browser population
and there are some sites and tasks you still absolutely need
Internet Explorer for. I would suggest if you have a Jaws
7.0 or later giving Firefox 2.0 a try, it may not suit all
though as the access though comparable it is not identical
with that of IE.
Secondly, the thing about tabbing through tabs and toolbars
I suspect (though I could be wrong) is some kind of
deliberate design decision in Microsoft. I base this only
on the fact that something similar happens in the explorer
windows in VISTA wbere if you hit tab enough time you can
get the header bar of a listview.
Neverthelss in respect of IE7 I think this should be
reversed as I think most screen reader users have got used
to the idea that you can only access the page content with
the navigation keys and that other hotkeys or screen reader
functions will take care of the rest of the interface.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk
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