[NFBCS] Disney Plus Update

Wed Nov 13 23:11:12 UTC 2019

Hi:

I read in a ZDNET article yesterday that Microsoft plans to swap their new Edge Chromium browser into Windows and take it out of Beta in early 2020. The current iteration of EDGE was often problematic for me; I have not tried the EDGE Beta.

Wes Majerus

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> On Nov 13, 2019, at 11:30 AM, Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings:
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> 
> Regarding Internet Explorer, anyone who is using this browser today should
> already be running Internet Explorer 11. People using earlier versions of
> Internet Explorer prior to 11 oftentimes receive the message that the
> browser is not compatible with the website and is therefore not supported.
> Hence, I speculate that most people who have received such a message have,
> out of necessity, already upgraded (if that is the right word) to Internet
> Explorer 11.
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> I have observed that the large corporations which have made the commitment
> to accessibility have tended to ensure that their stuff works with Internet
> Explorer first because, at one time, Internet Explorer was the only browser
> that the majority of blind people were using on the Windows platform. Blind
> Windows users with a strong knowledge of how things work have tended to move
> away from Internet Explorer in favor of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome
> depending on which works better with a specific web application.
> 
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> Windows would appear to be the only operating system used by blind people
> where we find it expedient to have available more than one browser (i.e.,
> Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome). On the Macintosh or
> the iPhone/iPad, we can choose to use Safari, Google Chrome, or both (if
> that is what we want to do), and I have not yet heard anyone reporting that
> a particular web application works better with one browser over another.
> 
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> 
> It is interesting to observe that Microsoft has not yet announced any
> specific moves to eliminate Internet Explorer from Windows 10 in favor of
> its Edge browser. I would be interested to know if any blind user of Windows
> has adopted Edge as his/her primary browser (notice I didn't mention Edge
> earlier in this email). I suspect that if Microsoft does remove Internet
> Explorer from Windows 10 (perhaps in a future major update) that there will
> be some yelling and screaming from this community-particularly from those
> non-technical users who have not yet made the move to use other browsers on
> the Windows platform.
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> I advise anyone who uses Windows to ensure that multiple browsing programs
> are available for routine use, and I strongly recommend both Mozilla Firefox
> and Google Chrome at this juncture.
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> Cordially,
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> 
> Curtis Chong
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Michael Ausbun via NFBCS
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:01 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Michael Ausbun <michael.ausbun at wgu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Disney Plus Update
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> With the discontinuation of support for all versions of IE prior to 11 fast
> approaching, and the updated lifecycle policy for IE 11 indicating a soon
> disregard/abandonment strategy for IE 11, lack of support for IE should not
> be too surprising. Appreciate your thoughts/experience. If possible, could
> you identify issues in chrome, much like Curtis did initially? Having a
> clear understanding of others experiences can significantly improve our
> ability to collectively act in this regard.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> michael
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> From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Peter Donahue via NFBCS
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:37 AM
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> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
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> Cc: Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
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> Subject: [NFBCS] Disney Plus Update
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> [EXTERNAL EMAIL] WARNING: Be wise. Be cautious.
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> Good morning again everyone,
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> I just tried Disney Plus in all three browsers on our
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> desktop and got pretty much the same results as I did last night. The winner
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> is sstill Mozilla Firefox with Internet Explorer a close second. Both IE and
> 
> Firefox allow you to subscribe independently and sign in to your account
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> without the need for sighted assistance. One thing that surprised me is that
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> once I subscribed and signed in to my account I remained signed in. Usually
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> you're prompted to check a checkbox if you want to remain signed into your
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> account, but this is not the case with Disney Plus.
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> All works as it should when using Firefox. A problem is
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> encountered when you attempt to watch a movie using Internet Explorer. When
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> the "Play" button is pressed you're taken to the screen where you view the
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> selection in question. I just tried playing Lady And The Tramp first using
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> IE and then with Firefox. When "Play" was pressed in IE instead of the movie
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> starting a box appeared with the words "Post play" that Jaws was able to
> 
> read. Since this is not necessarily an accessibility issue I would think
> 
> that other Disney enthusiasts attempting to view selections in Internet
> 
> Explorer would have encountered this incompatibility and Disney Streaming
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> should be getting earfulls by now.
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> Firefox on the other hand is a champ where Disney Plus is
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> concerned. When I started Lady And The Tramp it began playing at once.
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> Here's hoping this additional information will better assist us when we
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> notify Disney Streaming of the accessibility issues blind people are
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> encountering when attempting to use Disney Plus in various Web Browsers and
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> apps. All the best.
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> Peter Donahue
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