Re: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from FS
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 18:14:27 -0700
Please! yes! Take it off list! Wow. I am so glad someone spoke up! This is
crazy! God bless you Mr. Vice principal!
----- Original Message -----
From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from FS
Take it off list
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Yardbird
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 17:02
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from
> FS
>
> Yeah, Grimster, I was really exercised about this and I felt duty bound
> not
> to just ask casually about it but to Google it, look in Wikipedia , and
> tear
> apart the Jaws help, both online and off, but I just couldn't find
> these
> vital facts! Thank you so much for settling my mind about this issue.
> Now I
> can finally relax, even if I'm a little embarrassed that I don't have
> the
> facts at my fingertips.
>
> Yeesh. Everybody's nuts today. Glad I could provide a little
> entertainment,
> you guys. :-)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jim grimsby Jr." <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 2:32 PM
> Subject: RE: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from
> FS
>
>
> No
> In the help file the update is 58 mb
> In the full install it is 69. So much for being able to find
> information on
> your own as you assert in your last message smile. n
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Yardbird
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 12:04 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from
> FS
>
> Robert,
>
> I haven't checked file sizes so I must ask you. Are you saying that
> what the
>
> update method installed for you appeared to be the exact size of the
> full
> program? Or is that number showing that it's only a smaller file than
> the
> full program?
> Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RAWest" <rawest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:29 AM
> Subject: RE: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from
> FS
>
>
> Hello
>
> Well just on the last update, I used the update feature and the file
> size it
> downloaded was 58 mega bytes
>
> So the only thing I know is that using this method gets you out of
> using the
> windows installer interface.
>
> Other than that I don't know of any other difference.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> To find me you can do the following.
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Yardbird
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:39 PM
> To: JFW List
> Subject: Jaws update feature vs. downloading full update file from FS
>
> 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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