Microsoft Improves IE8 For Disabled Users

Microsoft Improves IE8 For Disabled Users

Microsoft will add features to the next version of Internet Explorer to make it more accessible to disabled users of the Web, the company said Thursday.
A post on the IEBlog by Accessibility Program Manager JP Gonzalez-Castellan highlights several user-interface features that should improve the accessibility of IE8, among them Caret Browsing, Adaptive Zoom and High DPI (Dots Per Inch).



"Airports soon noticed that mothers with baby strollers and passengers with rolling suitcases were using the ramps too, since it was easier than picking up a stroller or a suitcase over the ledge," he wrote. "In much the same way, when you make software more accessible, everybody wins."



Microsoft expects to ship the final version of Internet Explorer 8 early next year. It recently sent an update of the current test build to select beta testers and expects to release one more public test version of Internet Explorer 8 before its final release.