[Colorado-Talk] When One Web Browser Is Not Enough

[Ryan O.]

This is an excellent recommendation Curtis and I appreciate it.



RyanO

http://www.conservativeblindguy.com

> On Sep 24, 2020, at 10:15 AM, Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 
> Greetings and felicitations:
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> As the modern websites we use today incorporate more sophisticated and complicated techniques to provide us with the online information and services we have grown increasingly dependent upon, it is more important than ever for blind computer users—particularly those of us who use screen readers on Windows computers—to be able to use more than one web browser. Gone are the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the only web browser available to us. In fact, more and more websites are refusing to support Internet Explorer, and to a growing extent, we continue to receive warning messages saying something like, "Internet Explorer is not recommended for this website."
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> Fortunately, there are three "modern" browsers available to users of Windows computers, and all of them work well with the screen readers we use:
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> Microsoft Edge (with Chromium),
> Google Chrome, and
> Mozilla Firefox.
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> I myself have all three browsers installed on my system, and (from time to time) I still find it desirable to revert back to Internet Explorer for some websites. I have also found that websites tend to behave differently depending on what browser you are using. So, when I encounter an accessibility issue with one website using Microsoft Edge, for example, I might solve my problem by switching to Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. The bottom line here is that the day of using one and only one web browser are gone.
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> From the Website: https://carroll.org/product/when-one-web-browser-is-not-enough/
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> "When One Web Browser Is Not Enough: A Guide for Windows Screen Reader Users by David Kingsbury, Assistive Technology Instructor at the Carroll Center for the Blind, is meant to help JAWS, NVDA, and Windows Narrator users to effectively use the four leading web browsers – Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge – in ways that build on the strengths of each of them."
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> This book is available for $20 in Word and braille-ready formats. Having read other books by Mr. Kingsbury, I believe this book is a good investment for anyone who is serious about mastering all of the accessible web browsing programs available to us in Windows.
>  
> Cordially,
>  
> Curtis Chong
>  
>  
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