people who have problems should seek assistance, I have not seen any questions on this to which there were not good answers. If we had examples of pages that down arrow is the only thing to use on, it might be helpfull to figure out what needs to be done. I do a lot of web surfing and have been asked by lots of people how to work more efficiently on the web and yes, the annoyance of blank lines has come up and with 100 percent certanty, we've found ways to deal with the issues. I'm not against an option to eliminate blank lines because I love new features and The more the better, I am though worried that this one may be duplicative of features we already have. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tusing" <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 12:51 AM Subject: Re: JAWS--good product--potential problem HI, For some web pages, there is no better approach --for some specific pages-- that works better than encountering via down arrowing the extra blank lines Despite the easy temtation to suggest some have not tried hard enough or that some are somehow ignorant: some of us have spent time over months experimenting without success. trying to find better ways. All this is because " some" are encountering difficulties and have even had to curtail computer usage. If some one can help come up with even a partial solution in this matter, there will be more than a small few happy to find an answer. Repeat use problems are not to be taken lightly and it is my sincerest hope that some may express some useful, pragmatic concern to mailto:suggestions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Because I know some of these people so affected, and as I believe in and recommend JAWS, I put my hopes with an strongly believe in the company that makes this marvelous screen reader. the over use problem is not to be ignored and is important; sparing needless keystrokes is " the real deal" when pain and repeat use problems limit Internet usage--as others are increasingly reporting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: Re: JAWS--good product--potential problem > I have two things to say here. > 1> if one has a suggestion, one should write to: > suggestions@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and if there is a problem asking for a > solution like how do I do this or that with jaws or some thing that is not > readily apparent, we are here to help. A success story is always welcome, I > downloaded this program and it works really well with jaws with a few tweaks > or no tweaks at all. > > 2> There are so many ways to use jaws that if someone has a problem with > down arrow on web pages, they should come up with another approach. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tusing" <ptusing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 8:51 PM > Subject: JAWS--good product--potential problem > > > Greetings, > Although I do appreciate the effort behind and the great value of using > JAWS: > I am hearing from a growing--but not scientific-polled group of people > who > are reporting problems. > Their issue which I do not wish to become my issue or your issue is due > to stress or repeat motion strain on the hands due to the increased number > of keystrokes we get to use as years go by. > Being fair, we do have Internet keystrokes which work to a certain > extent: however, the inability to "remove" totally blank lines from the > web page reading experience has such people abandoning 5. > Very few people keyboard constantly as we screen reader users do as our > software is keyboard driven and the increased risk of carpel tunnel > syndrome is always there. > Why can't F S give us a toggle for "lessening" the number of totally blank > lines since the Internet keystrokes although O K--certainly are not 100%. > Why can't we "choose" to turn "off" totally blank lines on some or > all web sites? > After all, if JAWS can encounter text then one can surely program to locate > (and hopefully) remove totally blank lines. > Repeat use damage can ruin a career. > Thank you. > > > > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.