Steve: My University actually is on Windows 7, and IE 11.
Because they experienced a major security breech earlier this year, I think they are a bit paranoid. Dr. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura via Jfw Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:10 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: Internet Explorer To Firefox Firefox and Internet Explorer are virtually interoperable with JAWS. The bigger question is, on what operating system are you running IE that your university suspects security problems? In fact, Microsoft just released some security-fix patches this past week for IE version 11 on Windows 7, which makes me think your college is still on XP, or an older version (perhaps 9?) of Internet Explorer. On Sun, 18 May 2014 11:34:32 -0400, you wrote: >Hello, everyone. > >The University where I teach is very strongly urging all of us to >switch from Internet Explorer to another internet browser such as >Firefox, in light of recent Internet Explorer security issues. > >I'm seriously considering making the switch to firefox, and would like >to know how much of a transition this will be in terms of basic >internet navigation. > >Does Jaws operate in basically the same way with Firefox as it does >with Internet Explorer? > >In other words, to the same basic Jaws key strokes and commands work >with Firefox? > >I'm using Windows 7 and Jaws 14 here. > >Thank you! > > >Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
