[gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With XP

[Mike Freeman]

Target site works  with XP Pro, JAWS 13 and IE 7.

Mike Freeman
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On Nov 13, 2012, at 11:08, "Hoffman, Allen" <Allen.Hoffman at HQ.DHS.GOV> wrote:

> One more thing, I am using XP Pro and IE8 on a machine definitely free of viruses.  Target.com works slowly but does work with JAWS and NVDA.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:32 PM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With XP
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> Again, this is not a screen reader issue, because I have the same problem accessing Target.com using NVDA 2012.3, which is the latest version.  What is interesting is that the message that my browser is not supported appears as soon as I type Target.com into the IE 8 address bar and hit Enter.  In other words, the nomal Target.com home page doesn't even have a chance to load; the message that my browser is not supported comes up immediatley.  So this message is apparently a warning rather than an error.  It was suggested by someone on another list that Target may be acting in conjunction with Google to encourage its customers to upgrade to Google Chrome, which undoubtedly can access Target.com without any difficulty.  It was also suggested that some fluky combination of XP Pro and IE 8 is preventing access to the normal Target.com home page.  I have actually been experiencing this problem with IE 8 for quite some time, but only posted about it now because the issue came up on
>  another list.
> 
> Gerald
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" 
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Unable to Access Target.com web Site Using IE 8 With XP
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>> Gerald,
>> 
>> It was my understanding that the problem with accessing target last 
>> January was solved by Target at some point.  The fact that you are 
>> currently having a problem indicates that it was either not solved or 
>> that they have a recurring problem.  Since some people seem to still 
>> be able to use Internet Explorer 8, it seems likely that that this is 
>> some sort of bug rather than a policy that is aimed at IE 8, and the 
>> fact that you can use FireFox 3.6 would seem to back up my assertion.  
>> Is there an on-going discussion of this problem on the other list you 
>> mention, and are you finding that you are unable to access the full 
>> site?  In other words, is this an error message or a warning message?  
>> It sounds very much like the little Google promotion for Chrome which 
>> is displayed on some of their sites even though the sites still work.  
>> Do you know if using another screen reader with the same version of