Hi Michael,
Well, I've seen a download for Internet Explorer 9 for XP so I'd assume
its available for XP. Beyond that I wouldn't know since I haven't
installed it on XP myself since my XP virtual machine is exclusively
used for old games and other apps that don't run as well on Win 7.
As far as Firefox 10 accessibility goes depends on the screen reader.
I've heard Jaws and Window-Eyes users complain that Firefox 10 is not
accessible. However, I am using NVDA and Firefox 10 is fully accessible
with NVDA. So I think the question of accessibility is one that depends
totally on the screen reader being used. Ditto for Internet Explorer 9.
As for plugins and Firefox there are a number of ways to manage plugins.
If you are having a problem with a certain plugin there are a couple of
good things you can do.
One, you can download and update the plugin in question and see if it
resolves the problem. In many cases what happens is someone updates
Firefox without updating all their plugins and Firefox crashes do to
incompatibility with plugin x. So checking the plugins for Firefox is
one way to correct problems.
Two, if a plugin like Quicktime isn't working with Firefox but is
working ok with Internet Explorer rather than removing it you can
disable it in firefox. To do this do the following.
1. Open the tools menu.
2. Select the add-ons option.
3. Click on the plugins tab.
4. Arrow to the plugin you wish to disable.
5. Tab to the disable button and press enter.
After this the plugin will be disabled and Firefox will ignore it.
However, it will still be available for Internet Explorer, Chrome, or
any other web browsers available on your system. It also helps you to
figure out if a certain plugin is causing Firefox to crash by disabling
plugins and enabling them one by one until you figure out what is
causing it to crash.
So as you can see there actually are ways to troubleshoot and fix
problems if you know how to handle it. Mostly using the add-ons option
under Tools will allow you to configure all of your Firefox add-ons such
as enable, disable, add, remove, and update add-ons as needed. Its a
classic case of knowing what to do being half the battle. :D
Cheers!
On 3/11/2012 3:49 PM, Michael Gauler wrote:
I have only a few things to say here.
I know of several new laptops in Germany which have Windows 7 Home
Premium 32-bit preinstalled, and that can't be good when things like
the features of let's say the ultimate edition are surely missing and
when there is a 64 bit version available and might be better suited
for the new hardware...
And Thomas, can Internet Explorer 9 really be installed on XP?
And what about IE 9 accessibility and the same goes for Firefox 10 and
the upcoming Firefox 11 as well?
And what about the plugin issues with Firefox? How are you supposed to
handle them? I have read reports of components like quicktime support
in Firefox being unstable or failing.
This can't just be fixed by uninstalling the offending object.
If we are talking about browser extension, it might be right, but what
about content plugins (Flash, Shockwave, Silverlight, Java, Adobe Air
and so on)?
This is nothing the end user can fix, same goes for other extensions.
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