a work around for reading the friends list is to use the short cut control m then hit escape and arrow down and it will read the friends list or at least it does for me try it and let me know if it works for any one else thanks mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Kerstetter" <dhk55@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 6:54 PM Subject: Re: New yahoo messenger questions. > The first thing you have to do is change the skin back to the classic skin. > I don't remember how I did it; but perhaps someone else on the list would > know. > > Once you do that, you'll have to use your JAWS cursor much more than with > previous versions. I didn't send or receive any messages from anyone; but I > can tell you that you can't even arrow down with your PC cursor and have the > friends lists read to you as in previous versions. > > Good luck. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MeLady717" <melady717@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:51 PM > Subject: Re: New yahoo messenger questions. > > > > Hi John, > > I haven't updated yet, but > > when I've used the previous version of yahoo messenger I found I had to > use > > the jaws curser to read the message boxes. Is this still necessary with > the > > update? Any help with yahoo messenger would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > > Lil ~ > > yahoo id & email: melady717 > > aim id: melady717 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:08 AM > > Subject: Re: New yahoo messenger questions. > > > > > > > I got the new version to work, you need to go in preferences and turn > off > > > yahoo insider, then I don't know where it is now, but in skins and > > > appearances, fonts something like that you need to tab around until you > > > find that, hit enter on it to get in to that setting, then set it to > > classic > > > skin and it actually works better with jfw then older versions have from > > > what I can tell. I'm not on there much, but the little playing around I > > have > > > done that's what I find. If you want to add me to your friends list my > > > screen name is jemracing3 as it is also on aol instant messenger to > anyone > > > interested though I'm going away for a couple weeks, in a couple weeks > so > > > most likely this week you might see me on but for a month after that you > > > probably won't see me on there very much. If you see me on IM me and > I'll > > > see if I can find the setting for you, so far everything looks good to > me > > > after I changed those settings, sorry I can't remember exactly where the > > > setting is I was doing 100 things at once as I always am over here. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "rohansharma" <fxrohan@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:59 AM > > > Subject: Re: New yahoo messenger questions. > > > > > > > > > > ya Sir, > > > > I also downloaded the new version but it was not for jaws. I request > > you > > > to > > > > switch over to earlier version of yahoo messenger which will be best > for > > > > jaws ... > > > > Rohan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "dustin bushnell" <djbigred@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:10 AM > > > > Subject: New yahoo messenger questions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all. I have been off the list for a little while, cause I had > > to > > > > > go out of town. I am back, and as I hate to do this, I am back with > a > > > > > question. I just made the mistake of downloading the latest version > > of > > > > > yahoo messenger, and it is not really that accessible. I am finding > > > > > that when reading the message windows, that there is a lot of > garbage > > in > > > > > the window that wasn't there before. There are a few other > problems, > > > > > and I just wanted to see if anyone else was having the same > problems. > > > > > I'd welcome any help or suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks In Advance, > > > > > > > > > > Dustin > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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