[NJTechDiv] FW: [NFBCS] The New Microsoft Edge

[Tracy Carcione]

Forwarding good news from the NFBCS list.
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Curtis Chong via
NFBCS
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 1:51 PM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
Cc: Curtis Chong
Subject: [NFBCS] The New Microsoft Edge

Greetings and felicitations:

 

When Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system was first released in the
summer of 2015, a new web browser called Edge came along with it. At that
time, blind computer users of screen access technology could not use this
new browser because it simply would not work for us. We had to continue
using Internet Explorer (which, fortunately, Microsoft did not take away
from Windows 10), Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.

 

Five-and-a-half years later, Microsoft has released a new and updated Edge
web browser <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge>  which (for those techies
who care) uses the open source Chromium engine. I am pleased to tell you
that with Windows 10 as your operating system and the latest version of JAWS
(version 2020.2001.70), this new Edge browser works very well indeed. I have
been using the new Edge <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge>  for a few
weeks now, and it has not disappointed me. While it is regrettable that
Microsoft did not offer a useful version of Edge when Windows 10 was first
released four-and-a-half years ago, this latest version of the Edge browser
is something that we can regard as a positive move on the company's part. I
expect that within six months, any new computer you buy will have this
newest Edge installed by default.

 

For anyone who is willing to spend a few dollars to really learn how the new
Edge works, I can suggest a webinar from Hartgen Consultancy called Using
the New Microsoft Edge with JAWS for Windows <http://www.hartgen.org/edge> .
This webinar consists of three one-hour sessions, offered at noon mountain
time on March 4, 11, and 18. The cost is listed as 40 pounds (which, as of
this writing, equates to $51.52).

 

While Microsoft's public announcements about the new Edge browser would seem
to suggest that it can be used on systems running Windows 8 or 7, I do not
recommend this. The prudent thing to do is to wait to try this new Edge when
you have a stable Windows 10 computer.

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong

 

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