Gerald, I have no idea unless there is some quirk, setting, etc. in your computer. Do you have another version of JAWS installed on your computer to try just for giggles?
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com So how come I can't access Target.com with XP Pro and IE 8? I certainly don't think it has anything to do with JAWS. This just doesn't make any sense. Gerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com > Gerald, > > For what it is worth, just tried going to target site and it > opened with no problem. I'm using Window's XP Pro, latest > JAWS and IE 8 > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Gerald Levy > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com > > > So this is not a screen reader issue. Then Target must be > deliberately > blocking access to its web site to all consumers, blind and > sighted alike, > who use certain browsers. This makes absolutely no sense. > The rocket > scientists at Target who designed their web site are the > same lame brains > who are probably now wondering why their holiday sales are > down. > Unbelievable. > > Gerald > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com > > >> Generally, The websites are programmed to see what type of > browsers are >> accessing them. Then the sites are developed to give the > best visual >> display >> to the browsers that most often access them. Thus, I am > not sure why the >> IE >> 8 would not display as good as IE 9. >> >> God bless, >> Mark >> >> God Loves you! >> You can visit my website at: >> http://christiantraditions.info >> Please visit my blog at: >> http://christian-traditions.blogspot.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Gerald Levy >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:45 PM >> To: blind-computing >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Unable to Access Target.com >> >> >> I was under the impression that Target had made a serious > effort to >> improve >> the accessibility of its web site for blind consumers. >> So imagine my surprise when I attempted to visit > Target.com today and got >> the following error message: >> >> Target Home Page >> >> Problems viewing Target.com ? >> It's because your browser isn't supported. Upgrade to one > of the latest >> versions listed below to get the most out of your > Target.com experience. >> list of 3 items >> Click here to download Internet Explorer >> Click here to download Mozilla Firefox >> Click here to download Google Chrome >> list end >> >> >> What the heck is going on here? What do they mean that my > browser is not >> supported? I'm running XP Pro with IE 8, so since when is > this browser >> not >> supported? IE 8 is the latest version of Internet > Explorer that can run >> under XP, which, the last time I checked will continue to > be supported by >> Microsoft through at least 2014. And don't even get me > started with >> Firefox. Is there some reasonable explanation for this > message? Could my >> screen reader, JAWS 9, be the culprit? Is there a work > around for this >> problem? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Gerald >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
