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Pauline Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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I have had the issue with links not opening, too.  I am also using Win 
10 (not sure if it's the Creators update) and Internet Explorer.  The 
screen reader in my case is NVDA.  Links not opening is so frustrating.

Pauline



On 1/3/2018 5:32 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Using Jaws 18.0.4350 and windows 10 creators update 1709, and internet 
> explorer 11.
>
> I have 2 things:
>
> 1. Is this just a jaws thing, or do all screen readers have this 
> problem, and it's getting worse. When I press enter on a link, jaws 
> either goes to the wrong link, or, it doesn't go anywhere, so, you 
> have to find the link again and press enter, and that, wastes my time.
>
> 2. I'm finding that more and more, pressing the backspace key does not 
> take you back to the previous web page, and many times, when I press 
> alt left arrow, it doesn't work either.
>
> Please don't tell me to use google Chrome, because I'd love to, but 
> there are still problems with bookmarks, and I cannot download 
> anything with it either, because when I click on a file to download it 
> in Chrome, it just plays the file, instead of downloading it.
>
> Harry
>
>
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