Jerry, I couldn't agree more. The tandem aspect of JAWS 10 will be of great benefit to JAWS technicians as well as others who are capable of helping many of us with JAWS related problems. It is not just FS who has the bug problems. In the few programming classes I took many years ago, it was always emphasized to create software even a "monkey could run" and to ensure that the software worked precisely as it should before handing it in as a homework assignment. I mistakenly thought that this also applied to the "real world". However, it seems that since the introduction of the "point-and-click" method of using computers and its worldwide acceptance, the emphasis has been on getting the software to the public with no consideration for its reliability. Since Windows 3.11, how much bug fixing has had to be done after the introduction of each new operating system by Microsoft? Just a rhetorical question. And, how many bugs are supposed to be fixed as each new software package is sold to the public? I wish all software companies, FS notwithstanding, would take more pride in producing applications that really work. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Neufeld Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:06 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: New FSCast Reveals Big News about JAWS 10 From what I gather from the FsCast, the tandem feature is one of the better breakthroughs by FS in a long long time. Many people should profit from it. I do wish that those responsible for determining priorities for development could worry about the many many bugs that get hidden beneath the need to compete and be commercially dramatic. How good it would be to know that problems with Microsoft programs along with many other popular applications could be resolved instead of continuously introducing new things that many of us look upon as expensive pretexts for SMAs. True, needs now transcend initial preoccupation with industrial concerns as already expressed on this list. However, important broken features of Jaws, existant as of version 7, remain untouched, all in the interest of packing new, dramatic aspects into the program. Why do I continue to think back to Ted Henter and his concept of trying to make his application as bullet-proof as possible before moving onto new and more exciting things: the cost of JFW being a multi-million dollar endeavor. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx