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Subject: [Njtechdiv] Windows 10: Edge is now used for web search results
from taskbar search box
From:    "Mario via Njtechdiv" <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Date:    Mon, May 2, 2016 11:27 am
To:      "New Jersey Technology Division List" <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org>
Cc:      "Mario" <mrb620 at hotmail.com>
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In windows 10, if you open the start menu, type some search terms, and
open a web search result, then until a few days ago, it used to open the
search in your default browser. The same applied if you were using
Cortana, and it didn't know the answer to your request.

However, Microsoft have changed this so these now open in the Edge
browser, irrespective of which browser you have set as your default
browser.

Unfortunately, Edge is not accessible using Jaws or Window Eyes, though
it is at least partially accessible using NVDA or narrator.

This seems like a very surprising decision by microsoft, to make this
change before Edge is accessible by users of all the major screen
readers. This is a link to the announcement by microsoft:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/04/28/delivering-personalized-search-experiences-in-windows-10-through-cortana/

Someone who is affected by this should call Microsoft's accessibility
support
staff and find out what work-around they offer. Apparently, Edge is
about to become much more accessible with newly introduced UIA support
when the next major Windows 10 update is released, so the problem will
go away then.


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