[AERNet] FYI about I.E. and Jaws

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Hi,
I recently upgraded to Internet Explorer 7.0 on my computer and immediately  
had troubles with Jaws. I thought I'd pass this on to others who might be  
considering making a similar installation. Later versions of Jaws have corrected  
for these problems, but my Jaws 5.0 definitely has troubles. I'll be  
uninstalling Explorer 7.0 to return to I.E. 6.0 until I can afford to upgrade my  
Jaws software. Anyway, here's what Microsoft has to say about the conflicts  
between Jaws and the I.E. upgrade.
 
Freedom Scientific--When using Freedom Scientific JAWS® for Windows screen  
reader with Internet Explorer 7, you might encounter the following  issues:
List of 3 items
• JAWS version 7.0 and earlier does not  display the contents of individual 
frames when a page contains a frame set. To  work around this problem, copy 
psapi.dll
from the \WINDOWS\system32 directory  to the directory where JAWS is 
installed. JAWS 7.1 does not have this  problem.
• Certain hotkeys for JAWS 7.0 and earlier might not work as  expected in 
Internet Explorer 7. For example, CTRL+F will open the Internet  Explorer Find 
dialog
box and not the JAWS Find dialog box. These issues have  been corrected in 
JAWS 7.1.
• JAWS 7.0 and earlier might not correctly  read selection controls (such as 
state, country or product selection drop-down  lists) on webpages. JAWS 7.1 has
corrected the majority of situations where  this happens. For more details 
please contact Freedom Scientific.
list  end
 
Freedom Scientific has indicated that JAWS 8.0 will fully support Internet  
Explorer 7. Please contact Freedom Scientific for the most current  information.
Lis
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