no, the scripts do get circulated and used, its just that it's not generally done by freedom scientific! my site is one place where this can be done, and if it's a major scripting success, freedom has been known to add it to an update, I think one of the folks out here, Jamal, has had scripts he worked on go into a FS update. don't give up on one persons troubles! inthane proprietor, The Grab Bag, for blind computer users and programmers http://grabbag.alacorncomputer.com Owner: Alacorn Computer Enterprises "own the might and majesty of a Alacorn!" custom made computers and peripherals to fit your needs! www.alacorncomputer.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:14 PM Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Windows Live Mail and Other JAWS Scripts Updates > Well, there go any ideas I had of attempting to get into JAWS scripting. > *grin* > > Joe > > "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, > some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing > > -----Original Message----- > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donald Marang > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:32 PM > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jawsscripts] Windows Live Mail and Other JAWS Scripts Updates > > The following story points out a critical weakness in the JAWS > Scripts Architecture! There should be a better process for > updating user scripts when a JAWS update is released! I know > some of you have made this easier for your particular scripts. > This is something I would expect Freedom Scientific to resolve > in general. However, I see little interest in scripting > support from Freedom Scientific. > I finally got Windows Live Mail to work acceptably with JAWS > 11! I uninstalled the previous JAWS 11, including user > settings and scripts, but left the shared components. Then I > downloaded and installed the new 1447 version. My previously > unresolved issues went away! Well, most of them. There are > still annoying issues, which I expect happen for all of you; > lack of auto completion feedback when typing into the To field, > no first letter navigation of the folder list, and not all of > the hotkeys to read or edit the headers work correctly. With > the new update more of these keys now work, like the Date and > To fields, with Alt + 2 and Alt + 3, respectively. The Subject > field, Alt + 6, has always worked. Others, most notably, the > From field, Alt +1, still does not work. > > I have a lot of scripts that I have written and also use > several scripts created by other JAWS users. Some are merged > using container files with the default scripts and other > applications such as IE and Firefox. Previously, I had > reinstalled all of these scripts over the old installation, I > made sure all of the jsb binary files were updated. Evidently, > that was not enough! I suppose some of the associated files > like jsh header files never got updated until I completely > removed my user settings folder! > > My conclusion is that until Freedom Scientific or a third party > figure out how to properly update the scripts and their support > files, using user created scripts for JAWS is too cumbersome > for the average user! Heck, it had me stumped for almost a > year! This should really be addressed! > > Thanks all for previously attempting to figure this out! > > Don Marang > __________� > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of > virus signature database 5130 (20100519) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 5130 (20100519) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________� > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > __________� View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts