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Re: internet explorer crashes when running jaws

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From: Christophe Strobbe
Date: Dec 20, 2008 6:40AM

At 23:25 10/12/2008, Moore, Michael wrote:
>I think that you need to reconsider your test environment. JAWS does not
>offer ARIA support (active regions) prior to version 10 and Internet
>Explorer does not support ARIA prior to version 8. If you are attempting
>to achieve accessibility within an AJAX application without implementing
>ARIA you are unlikely to achieve much success.

Even if older versions don't support ARIA, that still doesn't imply
that it is OK to crash on ARIA code.
Upgrading to the latest versions of JAWS and Internet Explorer may
solve the issue for Dallas, but that doesn't mean it's been solved
for other users who haven't upgraded or can't upgrade.

Best regards,

Christophe

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