Hi Chris, thanks for the response. From the way you mention scrolling, and other things you say, I gather that this all had to do with the ability of sighted people to use the computer while Jaws is running. It sounds like that, anyway. Thing is, when my sighted friends have used my computer to go online to see something on the Web, I just always remind them to exit Jaws with Insert F4, which they all know to do now, so I never worried about that. The fact that, as I understand it, Jaws rearranges every Web page you visit with it turned on, that's something I don't care to impose on sighted friends anyway. they want to see the Web page as it's supposed to look. So maybe the whole legacy matter is simply not an issue, as we used to say, for me. Am I understanding this correctly? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jenkins" <saveup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 3:01 PM Subject: RE: Legacy Support for Internet Explorer: what does it do? The way Jaws for Windows interacts with a webpage changed in 7.1. I'm not sure what the changes were exactly. But I know with the new way Jaws for Windows interacts with the webpage the webpage does not scroll down until you get to the bottom of the webpage and it needs to scroll. On the other hand with Jaws for Windows 7.0 and earlier the webpage scrolled when it should not scroll which made it difficult for a sighted person to see what the computer is saying. In my opinion they left the legacy support in version 7.1 until they could get the bugs worked out to their satisfaction in version 8. I guess in their opinion they believe legacy support is no longer necessary. I hope this helps. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yardbird Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:43 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Legacy Support for Internet Explorer: what does it do? I understand from recent posts that a feature with this name must've been introduced in Jaws 7.1 (it doesn't appear among the Configuration manager's HTML/Misc. options on my Jaws 7) and has disappeared in Version 8. What did it do? More aspecifically, what sort of problem did it solve? Personally, I don't have any Web navigation issues to complain of at the moment, so maybe that's part of why I'm perplexed. Can anyone explain what the story is with this legacy support deal? Thanks. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx __________ NOD32 1870 (20061117) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.7/537 - Release Date: 11/17/2006 5:56 PM -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx