[jawsscripts] Re: a trivial non-script question that james has raised in my mind?

Good morning Geoff,

Here is a good rule of thumb.  Most developers are lazy geeks.

It can be fun to make little menus pop up, to write the code to rotate an 
image, or to create something like an accessible RSS reader.  Not so 
interesting or stimulating to create context sensative help blurbs.

This is also why many applications are inaccessible without some scripting. 
Making things accessible really isn't very stimulating, but  it is time 
consuming.

HTH,
Everett



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:31 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] a trivial non-script question that james has raised 
in my mind?


> mighty scripters. are any of you old enough to remember that once upon a
> time when the world was green, and our screens apparently were too, (or so
> I've thought I heard from a bird,) that, f1, rather than shift+f1, used to
> invoke context sensitive help in dossy programs? and it often used to do 
> so,
> from my faded memory, even whilst over menu choices? does anyone remember
> how useful that was?
> my trivial question for the day is thus, why, and when, did we move from 
> f1,
> to shift+f1, being apparently now the more generic windows help keystroke.
> And why, doesn't it seem to be particularly universally/well
> supported in programs/controls outside microsoft products/windows OS 
> itself?
>
> thanks.
>
> geoff c.
>
>
>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:20 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Undocumented JAWS Functions
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There certainly are undocumented JAWS functions. If you would like some
> idea
>> of what they are or how many, take a look in the script files that ship
> with
>> any JAWS version. If you press Shift F1 on a function and no help is
> shown,
>> it is undocumented.
>>
>> You can take a guess at what each of these functins does based on the
>> function name and context.
>>
>> Happy hacking.
>> James
>> Regards,
>> Jim
>> jimpanes@xxxxxxxxx
>> jimpanes@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Everything is easy when you know how."
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 1:40 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Undocumented JAWS Functions
>>
>>
>> Good evening,
>>
>> I am curious if there are any undocumented JAWS functions, and if so, I
>> would love to hear about any that list members are aware of.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Everett
>>
>>
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