[access-uk] Re: Taking the plunge
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:49:16 -0000
Hi Ray,
Just to confirm that Excel is actively being worked on as we speak. Also,
the place markers in JFW, to be honest, are a bit of a waste of time in my
opinion. Yes, it's a nice idea, but what happens when the webmaster changes
the web site? Even if he/she adds a line to the web site, all your
bookmarks are useless, so I don't really call that a feature over WE at all,
since given the frequency at which some web sites are updated, your place
markers are usually rendered useless on your next visit. Just my opinion,
of course.
All the best
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: Taking the plunge
Hi James.
Well, we could be starting an old debate over again here with
this one, but that's not what I intend here. Certainly as a
Window-Eyes user I will help all I can. But I hope Sandra
Henshall and Steve Nutt will chip in too as they are both very
knowledgable blind users of the product.
Assuming you get the MS Word hot fixes sorted propperly, you
certianly will not be disappointed in that area. Gw have done a
tremendous job in making that application fully accessible in all
of its text based features. I do not think you will be
disappointed in Window-Eyes' performance on the web either.
Short of the webpage markers JAWS has used in the last year or
more, I do not think W-E can be faulted in its web performance.
Window-Eyes has stil leaves something to be desired in the Excel
access stakes, but I'm sure GW will be showing off there prowess
in that direction by late spring early summer of this year.
So all the best james, and may I suggest joining the Window-Eys
info list which is very lively and helpful. I'll post the
details when I can find them.
HTH.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Taking the plunge
Hi all
I've just received my Copy of Window-Eyes which was included with
the
Brailliant Braille Display that I purchased. The last time I
used
Window-eyes I was being taught by a typing teacher who was very
nice, but
always yearning for the era of mechanical typewriters. We were
battling
with Window Eyes in aroudn 1998, but came to the conclusion that
it wasn't
very good, most probably because neither of us knew the first
thing about
screen reading or computers. I've been using JAWS more or less
since then,
but it will be interesting to see how the latest version of WE
performs on a
better system now I know what I'm doing. If I'm reasonably
satisfied with
WE then I think I'll just maintain that, and keep my existing
JAWS for
applications where I need to do scripting etc. It will be
interesting to
finally find out whether all the great things said about Window
Eyes on here
are really true!
Seeyer later
James
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