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Re: HPR 3.04 - IE7 - WinXP - Complete Doctype

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Mar 8, 2007 9:30AM

On 3/8/07, Hunt, Jan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone else has noticed a problem with HomePage Reader
> 3.04 using IE7 on Windows XP?

I noticed the same thing - the shrinking window, along with frequent
crashes. HPR is abandonware, so I wouldn't worry about supporting it
or testing with it now.

<rant>
It's a bit of a shame really. HPR was the best screen reader for
developer use and I imagine that a large share of their customers were
from the seeing community. But between lack of support, no
responsiveness on bugs and new features, and implementing a crippled
demo version, it's no wonder that IBM reported that sales were down
and they were discontinuing HPR. They essentially killed it
themselves. Wouldn't it be nice if the code were put into the open
source realm for the community to continue working on?
</rant>

Jared Smith
WebAIM.org