[gui-talk] Internet Explorer

[Wayne Merritt]

Since ARIA is an up and coming technology, it makes sense that it
would not work as well with older versions of JAWS. This is the same
as other features; I'm sure that there are things that we could do
with JAWS 8 that you either couldn't do or couldn't do very well with
a prior version of JAWS. I hate to say it, but these are the
advantages of keeping your version up to date with the current
version. In theory anyway, the more up to date you are, as far as
major upgrades go, the more things you will be able to access.

Jmt,
Wayne

On 6/24/09, James Pepper <b75205 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok the problem with JAWS 8 and 9 with Internet Explorer depends on how the
> web page is laid out.  If you are using ARIA, the keyboard shortcuts will
> not work with JAWS 8 aned are limited in support for JAWS 9.  Since most web
> designers are not using ARIA at this time, it may not show up that much when
> you use JAWS 8 or 9, but it will show up when people start to implement the
> new formats in web design.
>
> This is a table of the problems with JAWS 9 and Window Eyes 7 with Internet
> Explorer.  http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/misc/landmarks.html
>
> For those who can see, they will notice that drop down menus do not draw
> that well when you are using JAWS 8 or 9.  JAWS will interfere with the way
> a webpage is displayed on the screen.  These bugs are well publicized by
> Microsoft and they recommend the blind upgrade to JAWS 10.
>
> ARIA is a method of describing web page content and quite frankly most
> people do not use it.  But it will be used and these errors will be more
> noticeable as time goes by.  Since most of the blind in this country are
> unemployed the time delay in upgrading JAWS is longer than the product cycle
> of Internet Explorer, so these issues are going to crop up.
>
> James G. Pepper
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