JAWS 7 offers no support for IE 8 as the browser is a couple of years newer than that particular incarnation of the screen reader. Unfortunately they can't offer upwards compatibility. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com VIP Conduit Tech Support www.vipconduit.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Che" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS7.1 & IE8 problem
Hi Kim, why did you have to go back to IE6? I am using IE8 on windows 7 with no trouble at all, at least with JFW 11 beta.. later che At 07:25 AM 9/25/2009, you wrote: >I am using Jaws 7.0 and I had to remove I. E. 8 as well and go back to I. >E. 6 >Kim Kelly > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" ><[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:21 PM >Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS7.1 & IE8 problem > > >>She will have to remove IE8 then in Add or Remove Programs. >> >> >> >>-- >>Chris Hallsworth >>E-mail: [email protected] >>MSN: [email protected] >>Skype: chrishallsworth7266 >>Yahoo! Messenger: [email protected] >>Klango: chrishallsworth >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don and Cher >>Bosch >>Sent: 23 September 2009 11:13 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS7.1 & IE8 problem >> >> A student with IE8 is getting this dialog every time she opens IE8: >>"Open parent document button." I cannot locate anything in the add-ons >>which look suspicious. Is this a part of IE8 or how can it be eliminated? >>As soon as she arrows down one time, she is stuck on the button and cannot >>read the page or access any links. She is using JAWS7.1. (Strangely, the >>JAWS cursor can read the screen but cannot see the "Open parent document >>button" dialog on the screen. With the virtual cursor, she cannot move >>anywhere after pressing the down arrow that first time. >>Also, she can't read any menus unless she does a manual 'say line' >>command. >>I realize that neither IE7 nor IE8 are fully supported by JAWS7.1, but she >>got IE8 as an automatic download. >> >>Is this dialog just a part of IE8 or can it be eliminated? BTW, she is >>able >>to bring up the control-O dialog as a temporary work-around, but cannot >>access the search edit box on her Google home page. >> >>Cher >>For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> >>avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Inbound message clean. >> >>Virus Database (VPS): 090918-0, 18/09/2009 Tested on: 23/09/2009 11:19:38 >>PM >>avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _____ >> >>avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. >> >> >>Virus Database (VPS): 090918-0, 18/09/2009 >>Tested on: 23/09/2009 11:21:17 PM >>avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. >> >> >> >> >>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/
