Re: JAWS 8

Yardbird, my primary intent was to let Patricia know that the next release of 
Jaws might not be for another 2 or 3 weeks or more and I tried to do this in 
somewhat of a humorous fashion.
As for what's wrong with Jaws 7.0 and 7.1, these issues have been beaten to 
death--there have been numerous posts about things broken in recent releases.
We have also been promised a number of fixes with Jaws 8.
The Jaws program is, frankly, massive and miraculously almost performs an 
incredible variety of functions. It is inevitable that in doing so, conflicts 
will arise from time to time.
As with Windows itself, it must be becoming increasingly difficult for any one 
programmer to maintain a clear grasp of all the features of the program in 
every application. Personally I have experienced crashes with Jaws 7.1 on 
certain web sites and so from time to time load an earlier version that does 
work with that site. I am hoping that with the release of version 8 and IE 7 
that some of these crash issues will have been resolved. 
So, stay cool, this list is only a composite of our opinions and we are not 
pinning anyone to the wall here nor is this the forum for lengthy philosophic 
dissertations. Such a list is indeed needed though and I do feel strongly that 
you should start one. I look forward to the opportunity to subscribe to such a 
forum!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 8


Hi,
Just wondering, what sorts of noteworthy troubles have you had with Jaws 7? 
I've had scarcely any, that I can think of; the only problems I can remember 
right now have had to do with updates in other apps such as Audible Manager 
and AdAware that required new scripts, generously provided by scriptwriters 
in our online community.  But those weren't lapses in the functionality of 
Jaws itself.  For reference, I run Win XP Home w/SP2 and mostly use apps 
like Word, OE and IE 6.  What problems with Jaws 7 have you encountered that 
make you particularly eager for the next release?  I mean, apart from its 
intended compatibility with ("support for")IE 7?
Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hebert" <roberthebert@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 8


I sometimes get a message on my computer that says
"hidden jaws"
Could this be the elusive Jaws 8?
Seriously though, after the mess FS made with the release of version 7, I 
would expect--neigh hope--that they would want to make very certain that the 
new release is working well with IE 7.
The release will be mailed to everyone on a CD as the new SAPI voices occupy 
about 700 megs and would present serious download problems for many folks' 
servers.
Just think of the new release as a Christmas present; and if Santa comes 
early--well, we will be pleasantly surprised won't we?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Patricia
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:03 PM
Subject: JAWS 8


I'm sure none of you have received your copies of JAWS 8 yet, but I seem to 
remember it coming out in October, and IE 7 just came out and i would like 
to download it but would rather do so with proper support from JAWS 8. does 
anyone know when it will be coming out? I'm surprised that there is no 
mention of it on the FS website as of yet.


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