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

[Koby Cox]

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On Oct 26, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Katie Wang <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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