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Re: Browser version advice in accessibility statement

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 6, 2011 3:33PM

On 06/11/2011 22:23, Kevin Chao wrote:
> There's no excuse or reason at all one should not be running the
> latest web browser and assistive technology, such as screen reader.
> There's performance, security, accessibility, usability, support, etc.
> benefits. Vendors/industry should not be limited due to users refusing
> to update.

Sadly, the reality in many companies is that central IT departments
often prevent updates for various reasons...sometimes because the
enterprise intranet systems were designed to only work in IE6 (my
previous employer, a university, had this issue, with our internal
accounting and personnel systems refusing to even work in IE7), other
times because certain browsers don't play well with distributed profiles
(I seem to remember older versions of Firefox had this issue) or because
they simply don't want the strain on the network when every day a new
fast-release-cycle version is being downloaded across thousands of
installs around the organisation.

However, the employers should provide modern versions that play well
with AT under their duty (where applicable...section 508, DDA, etc) to
make reasonable adjustments for their employees.

But yes, just wanted to point out that users aren't always fully in control.

P
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Patrick H. Lauke