[NFBCS] When One Web Browser Is Not Enough

[chaltain at gmail.com]

I agree and we should definitely be pushing for web sites to be accessible,
but while were pushing, we still need to get our jobs done, so I'm open to
all such work arounds in the mean time. Plus, plenty of sighted people have
these same three browsers installed on their systems and will try out
another if they're having an issue with a web site on one.

--
Christopher (AKA CJ)
Chaltain at Gmail

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via
> NFBCS
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 10:26 AM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] When One Web Browser Is Not Enough
> 
> It still seems wrong to me that I should possibly have to try 3 web
browsers, and
> possibly 3 screen readers, to do something a sighted person just snaps
through.
> Further, I have a limited number of options at work.  I can't just say I
need
> Firefox and install it on my work computer.
> I can do these complicated dances, but it doesn't mean we don't need to
keep
> pushing for websites to be accessible, IMO.
> Tracy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Curtis Chong
via
> NFBCS
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:13 AM
> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Curtis Chong
> Subject: [NFBCS] When One Web Browser Is Not Enough
> 
> Greetings and felicitations:
> 
> 
> 
> 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."
> 
> 
> 
> Fortunately, there are three "modern" browsers available to users of
Windows
> computers, and all of them work well with the screen readers we use:
> 
> 
> 
> *	Microsoft Edge (with Chromium),
> *	Google Chrome, and
> *	Mozilla Firefox.
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> From the Website:
> https://carroll.org/product/when-one-web-browser-is-not-enough/
> 
> 
> 
> "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."
> 
> 
> 
> 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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