Google Chrome and Internet Explorer: What's changed in the world of web
browsers? | Irish ExaminerPut it this way: It’s not a bad thing to install and
have a play around with. Then, you may decide you want to keep it and use it
(or not), for ‘seriious’ browsing. As with any of the big browsers, be careful
that, if you let Google Chrome be your default browser, then you’ve chosen it
to be so. (Uncheck the option if you don’t want it to be your default.)
Uninstallation is done in Control Panel etc.
From: Tony Sweeney
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 8:26 PM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Google Chrome and Internet Explorer: What's changed
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Hi Flor,
As a mattter of interest I think Google may now know that one is using a
Screen reader so when they prompt you about Chrome then it's probably a good
thing to install if you want it of course, would I have that correct I wonder?
Tony.
On 16/04/2016 15:21, Flor Lynch wrote:
Hi Tony,
Regarding my own experience, I first decided to try out Google Chrome as it
was pre-installed on my Toshiba laptop. This was back in 2012/13, and I found
it ‘ok’ but not brilliant in that the menu structure we’re used to in Internet
Explorer and Firefox simply isn’t as rich there. It ws like taking a few steps
back to an earlier version of Internet Explorer. My Windows XP PC wouldn’t run
it. I may have tried it off and on over the next three years or so.
Next, last year, I downloaded it to my Windows7 PC and it ran, very fast. (I
still have it.) JAWS now sees more than it did before with it. I think many
people problems with it have been more aesthetic – i.e., problems of taste –
than real/substantial. Then in May of last year, I managed to fill in an online
form with Chrome that I couldn’t do in either Firefox or Internet Explorer. (On
your Android Tablet, you’re already using a version of Chrome as your default
browser.)
So, while the accepted ‘wisdom’ may be that Chrome isn’t really accessible,
it’s ultimately up to the end user if they want to try out something new. It’s
easily uninstalled if the user decides they don’t want it. In my view, it’s
accessible enough; but I wouldn’t make it my default browser just yet.
Sometimes one needs more than one or two browser options, and in Windows,
Safari isn’t screen-reader friendly. (Opera certainly isn’t.)
From: Tony Sweeney
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:46 AM
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Google Chrome and Internet Explorer: What's
changed in the world of web browsers? | Irish Examiner
Cearbbhall,
I've never seen that Chrome compatibility with a screen reader news and I'm
on a number of lists and so on so where do others find such info.
With respect it would be nice if folk could share such improvements and am
certainly glad Dominique highlighted chrome for us subsequently others too.
Tony Sweeney.
On 15/04/2016 19:32, Cearbhall O'Meadhra wrote:
Eleanor, Tony and Dominique,
Google Chrome has improved greatly and is now very usable with NVDA and
JAWS.
Try the mp3 below and see if you can do the same.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5114351/Tutorial%20for%20Google%20Chrome%282%29.mp3
All the best,
Cearbhall
m +353 (0)833323487 Ph: _353 (0)1-2864623 e: cearbhall.omeadhra@xxxxxxx
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[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor burke
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 5:01 PM
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Dominique
I thought that Crome was not very accessible for people with screen readers
so a little puzzled as to why you are posting this.
On 15 Apr 2016, at 16:52, Dominique Farrell <hollyandopal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Google Chrome and Internet Explorer: What's changed in the world of web
browsers?
New statistics have revealed that Google Chrome is on the verge of
overtaking Microsoft’s Internet Explorer as the most used web browser in the
world.
If so it would bring to an end a period of complete dominance Microsoft
has so far enjoyed in the digital age, where their Internet Explorer browser
has been the go-to way of exploring the internet for 20 years.
So, what is Chrome?
(Mark Lennihan/AP) Chrome is Google’s own-made web browser, that launched
in 2008 and works across not just Windows, but also Apple’s Mac line-up of
desktop and laptops, as well as smartphones and tablets running iOS, Android
and Windows.
At a time when few alternatives were available to Internet Explorer on
Windows, Chrome offered a simplistic approach to navigating the internet,
including the merging of the address bar and search bar that was a key selling
point at the time, and would soon become common practice across different
browsers.
Why is Internet Explorer now in decline?
(Damian Dovarganes/AP) Having for years been the default option on
millions of computers – particularly in offices around the world – IE has long
since been outstripped by its rivals. Apple’s Safari, as well as Chrome and
Mozilla Firefox and Opera are all seen as faster, more usable browsers – and
given that they’re available across many platforms, these days users now have
far more choice than in the past.
Microsoft is also slowly phasing out Internet Explorer, confirming that
it would stop supporting versions earlier than IE 11 from January this year.
This forced many users to either update to a newer version of Explorer or make
the jump to Windows 10, where it has been replaced by the new browser, Edge.
In both these cases, many chose to go elsewhere.
Is the end of IE then?
(Steven Senne/AP) Long term, it would appear that Microsoft would like to
get everyone onto Windows 10 and that would mean saying goodbye to Explorer.
Deals have been struck with governments and other big businesses to keep
supporting older versions for some years to come, so IE isn’t going to
disappear completely any time soon, but the software’s best days are most
definitely long gone.
When will Chrome take over as most used?
(Paul Sakuma/AP) If the figures continue to move as they are, Chrome is
likely to take top spot by this summer, though it could be sooner if Chrome
uptake speeds up.
Chrome’s appeal has always been how universal it is across devices, and
soon that will tell in the market share numbers.
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