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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Apr 12, 2007 2:20PM

John,

At home, I use both IE and FireFox with JAWS v8 currently--although I
was using them with JAWS v7 earlier.

I think the only problem I have noticed in the past that was significant
to me as a home user is the fact that Flash is (or at least was) not
accessible when using the combination of FireFox and JAWS. However, my
understanding was that it was a problem being worked on--and since I
could just revert to using IE, it wasn't a major problem for me.

In fact, as a screen reader user, I cannot say that I really like one
browser better than the other. The features I like to use in the
browser are available in both--for the most part using the same
keystrokes. I really only tend to have a preference on the browser when
I am developing at home. At that point, I probably like some of the
debugging features of FireFox a little better. However, whether it is
lack of knowledge or an accessibility problem with the interface, those
features don't work as easily as I wish they would.

Tim
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