Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from FS
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:39:21 -0700
As a new update to Jaws 9 has been released, I'm going to install it. I know
how to do this both of the ways I mention in the subject line.
However, I have never understood exactly how the two methods differ, aside
from the actions you take to do them. Naturally, even though I know how to
go to the Jaws Central area of the FS site and find the latest update file,
and then run it as an install process myself, I'm attractted to the
simplified, easier method of just using the update feature on the Help menu.
But there are always discussions on these mailing lists that make it sound
as if the two methods are substantively different, and there seem to be
;jurists who believe that using the update feature is a halfway measure that
may not properly modify your existing copy of Jaws, and may cause problems.
These people seem to believe that the only right and safe way to do an
update is to download the latest file from FS, which is a complete
replacement for the program, I think, and install it yourself.
Could anyone explain the origin of this disagreement, and shed some
practical light on the topic? As I said, if I were sure that using the
update feature were really responsible and safe, I'd certainly prefer it to
having to go to FS, download the huge file and then go through an install
wizard procedure.
teaksThanks.
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