Interesting! I just started it, and when I went to "about Internet Explorer", this is what it said.
"Version: 8.0.6001.18702" I just wish I knew why I was having these problems. Also, reguarding those antivirus and spyware programs, can I run them while Microsoft Security Essentials is on my machine or not? Can I keep the two on together, even if I have to delete MSE? On 07/01/2013, Rosemarie Chavarria <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had IE 8 on my old XP computer and had no problem with it. You can try > E-bay with IE 8 and hopefully that will help. > > Rosemarie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eleni Vamvakari > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 5:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems with EBay and Facebook > > I didn't see anything about cash. I tried deleting cookies and > temporary files and nothing helped. I think I'm using IE 7, but am > not sure. As I said, I hardly ever use that browser. Can 8 work with > XP? Maybe, that will help. I still don't get why it's not working > with Firefox, as I have the latest version of that as well as of NVDA. > Also, it's not that the site doesn't work at all. I can search, but > can't narrow things down. If I found something that I liked, I could > buy it. But I cannot search properly. > > On 06/01/2013, inthaneelf <[email protected]> wrote: >> well I bought an item on eBay two days ago using win 7, jaws 13, and i.E. >> >> 9 >> and had no troubles with either searching or purchasing my item >> >> I would advise you try dumping your internet cash and cookies files using >> the tools provided in the tools menu and try it again with I.E.9 or prior >> >> regards, >> inthane >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Eleni Vamvakari >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 5:39 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems with EBay and Facebook >> >> The mobile version of Facebook is fairly easy to use. My main problem >> is with Ebay. I did a system restore last night, but that didn't help >> matters. I found that I am able to choose location and buy it now, >> even though they're the strange half links half check boxes. But >> there's still no way for me to sort by price, nor can I enter minimum >> and maximum price. Those fields simply aren't there. I tried to see >> if there was a link to return the classic look, or something of that >> nature, but none existed. This was with Firefox. It's also worth >> noting that, when Internet Explorer still showed the normal site, I >> still couldn't purchase anything with it. Every time I would attempt >> to do so, the page would freeze on me. Since I can't copy or edit the >> url there, I was forced to copy the entire page of the item into >> Notepad, then return to Firefox, go to Ebay and search by item number >> so that I could buy it. >> >> As a sidenote, I ran a full scan with Microsoft Security Essentials. >> I can't tell if it found anything, since it's not really accessible, >> and I just set it to quarantine and remove any moderate to serious >> threats. But it didn't change the behaviour of Ebay. >> >> On 04/01/2013, Umair Ijaz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> i use fb, yes there are less accessibility. but you still can visit >>> them and can chit chat with your friends. for chating i use skype 6, >>> which give the option to configure fb contacts on it. and for >>> notifications i use both mobile version and mainsite also. main site >>> has more option so i mostly switch to it. but i am beginner user of >>> facebook so fb, so i always prefer that some one should made its >>> tutorial with jaws. initial tutorial withjaws are present on jaws >>> users list home page but they are about how to make account on fb, so >>> i request david and others that if someone has some tutorial regarding >>> facebook then please share. if someone write these in text then it >>> will take no more than two or three pages in ms word. so if someone >>> has sufficient kowledge on the social networking sites either facebook >>> or twitter should come up with great contribution in the form of >>> tutorial either in text or audio but with jaws. thanks >>> >>> On 1/3/13, inthaneelf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> ah, well you could use jaws, it still works there on eBay (I don't use >>>> facebook so can't comment on them), you could update to windows 7 which >>>> is >>>> not that hard to learn and can be customized to look just like XP, or >>>> you >>>> can play with your dos when it comes out! >>>> >>>> live and learn, you make it sound bad, when it's actually a good thing >>>> >>>> inthaneelf >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On >>>> Behalf Of Eleni Vamvakari >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:21 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Problems with Ebay and Facebook >>>> >>>> Over the past several months, I've been having major problems with >>>> Ebay. I've noticed that the combo boxes for sorting items, as well as >>>> the edit boxes for choosing price, and the regular links for things >>>> like buy it now, the various categories, location, etc. have all >>>> become inaccessible. They now look like a combination of links and >>>> check boxes, which do nothing when I click on them. I've tried both >>>> Firefox, which is my main browser, and Internet Explorer. Sometimes, >>>> they work properly, but now, neither one is working, and these >>>> problems appear on both browsers, where previously, I was able to use >>>> IE for the purpose. Firefox also started acting normally, a few days >>>> ago, but has now resumed this strange look. The ad-ons manager in >>>> Firefox has also become inaccessible. >>>> >>>> I also have to use the mobile version of Facebook with both browsers, >>>> since it's very difficult to use the main site on Firefox and >>>> virtually impossible with IE. When I get e-mails of notifications >>>> from Facebook, they all use the www. version of pages. But I can't >>>> get to the address with IE, as I can with Firefox, in order to edit it >>>> to m. so that I can view things on the mobile site. I also can't >>>> update IE, because I'm using Windows XP, and 7 is the last version >>>> that will work with my os! So basically, I'm left with only a few >>>> options. >>>> 1. Change to a version of Windows which I have no idea how to use, and >>>> no desire to learn, one which is far more complicated than what I >>>> already have. >>>> 2. Buy another Mac (which is ridiculously expensive) so that I can >>>> upgrade to Mountain Lion, or buy more memory for my Macbook so I can >>>> upgrade to Lion. Both have better navigational features than Snow >>>> Leopard, but I'm not a huge fan of the Mac. Please do not suggest to >>>> me that I buy an iOS device. I don't like touch screens and the like, >>>> nor do I wish to change to Linux. >>>> 3. Continue using Firefox and uninstall/reinstall it every time Ebay >>>> starts acting up, hoping that will fix the problem (it didn't today), >>>> or I don't like an add-on and need to delete it, or do a system >>>> restore each time. >>>> 4. Wait for my MS-DOS 7.10 machine, which should be coming soon. I've >>>> heard that these sites are accessible with DOS browsers. >>>> >>>> For the record, I use NVDA as my screenreader. Has anyone else >>>> experienced these problems? If so, what solutions have you found? >>>> This is really upsetting me! What's worse is that both Ebay and >>>> Facebook have wonderfully accessible mobile pages, but they don't have >>>> many of the basic features of their main sites. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Eleni >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>>> >>>> >>>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>>> >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
