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

ah, indeed?
hmmm, well, thanks everet for this assessment eh.

back to scripting now. sorry for the slight diversion?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:47 AM
Subject: [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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