[nabs-l] Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7?

Katie Wang bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 26 19:04:56 UTC 2011


Hi Arielle,

Although I haven't made the switch to Windows 7, I know that IE 9 was
released months after Windows 7 came out, so I'm pretty positive that
IE 8 would work with Windows 7. As for
Firefox, many people (both blind and sighted) would argue that it is a
much better browser than IE, but I personally haven't found IE
inadequate in any way and, like you, prefer to stick with a browser
that i'm already familiar with. The only accessibility advantage of
Firefox, as far as I know, is a plug-in  that will help with CAPTCHA
identification. Hope that helps!

Katie



On 10/26/11, Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello Arielle,
>
> As for your question in using ie 8 with jfw 11 on windows 7 yes,
> it can work. I have ie 8 on my laptop which has windows7 on it.
> As for using ie 9 on your computer with windows 7 I don't know on
> that!
>
> And, btw these aren't stupid questions at all... I hope that I
> have answered all of your questions. Take care and, I will talk
> to you soon.
>
>
>
> Hugs,
> amy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 9:58 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Internet Explorer 8 with Windows 7?
>
> Hi all,
> I am running Windows 7 with JAWS 11 and I have found that while
> Internet Explorer 9 is mostly accessible, there are certain
> websites
> where it says there are a bunch of blank lines between fields,
> which
> makes arrowing through the page a huge pain. It also has some
> trouble
> reliably moving from one form field to the next. I wanted to
> download
> IE 8 as others have mentioned. However, the Microsoft website
> says
> that IE 8 is only compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista.
> Is it
> possible to run IE 8 with Windows 7? Or, is Firefox a better
> browser
> to use with JAWS? I have used IE for years and it would take me a
> while to learn Firefox but I'm willing to do it if the
> accessibility
> is more consistent.
> Thanks and apologies if these are "dumb" questions.
> Best,
> Arielle
>
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