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4<!DOCTYPE html>

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7<title>Using NYTimes.com - The New York Times</title>

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38<script type="text/javascript" src="https://static01.nyt.com/js/util/tooltip.js"></script>

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74<form enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch" method="get" name="searchForm" id="searchForm">

75<input type="hidden" value="full" name="date_select"/>

76<label for="searchQuery">Search All NYTimes.com</label>

77<input type="text" class="text" value="" size="" name="query" id="searchQuery"/>

78<input type="hidden" id="searchAll" name="type" value="nyt"/>

79<input id="searchSubmit" title="Search" width="22" height="19" alt="Search" type="image" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/global/buttons/go.gif" >

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84<div id="branding" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">

85<a href="http://www.nytimes.com" itemprop="url">

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86<svg aria-label="New York Times" role="img" height="23" width="152" class="nyt-logo">

87<image id="NYTLogo" itemprop="logo" border="0" alt="New York Times" xlink:href="https://static01.nyt.com/images/logos/nyt/nyt-logo-152x23.svg" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif" height="23" width="152"/>

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89</a>

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93<p>

94<NYT_DISPLAYDATE></NYT_DISPLAYDATE>

95</p>

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97<NYT_GLOBAL_EDITION_LOGO_SF>

98<h1>

99<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/site/ie9-support.html">Help</a>

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108<div class="header">

109<h2>Internet Explorer 9 No Longer Supported</h2>

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111<p>As of June 4, 2015, NYTimes.com no longer supports Internet Explorer 9 or earlier  — you can still use our site, but certain features may not work as expected. We recommend upgrading your browser. For more information, visit <a href="http://whatbrowser.org/">whatbrowser.org</a>, a site maintained by Google.</p>

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128<label for="yourSearch_query">Search Help</label>

129<input type="text" id="yourSearch_query" name="query" class="searchTextbox" size="42">

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Impact on users:

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  • NVDA 2015.2 IE11 Windows 7 Reading: Reads "button" without saying what button does.
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  • JAWS 15.0.9023 IE11 Windows 7 Reading: Reads image filename without saying what button does.
  • WindowEyes 8.4 IE11 Windows 7 Reading: Reads image pathname without saying what button does.
  • WindowEyes 8.4 IE11 Windows 7 Tabbing: Reads previous heading as button label.
  • VoiceOver Safari OSX 10.10 Reading: Reads "submit" as button label without saying what button does.
  • VoiceOver Safari iOS 7.1 Touch: Reads image filename without saying what button does.
  • SaToGo 3.4.96.0 IE11 Windows 7 Reading: Reads "button" without saying what button does.
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130<input align="absmiddle" class="searchSubmit" value="sub" border="0" name="submit" type="image" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/global/buttons/go.gif" >

131</form>

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171</div><!--close shell -->

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173 NYTD.require('https://static01.nyt.com/js/app/sitehelp/toggleDialogBoxes.js');

174 </script>

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175<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">

176 NYTD.siteHelp.toggleDialogBoxes();

177 </script>

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Add an ALT attribute describing each image, which screen readers read aloud. Spacer images and purely decorative images should use ALT=''.

Impact on users:

  • NVDA 2015.2 FF40 Windows 7 Reading: Image ignored.
  • JAWS 16.0.4350 FF40 Windows 7 Reading: Image ignored.
  • WindowEyes 8.4 IE11 Windows 7 Reading: Image ignored.
  • VoiceOver Safari OSX 10.10 Reading: Image filename read out.
  • VoiceOver Safari iOS 7.1 Touch: Image filename read out.
  • SaToGo 3.4.96.0 IE11 Windows 7 Reading: Image ignored.
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Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox display a security warning when a secure https:// web page includes http:// content.
In IE8 and Firefox 23 onwards, the default option is not to display the http:// content. To fix this: use relative URL paths `../images/file.png`; or full URL paths `/images/file.png`; or absolute https URLs `https://example.com/images/file.png`.
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210 <script src="https://static01.nyt.com/js/app/analytics/trackingTags_v1.1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

211 <noscript>

212 <div>

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