Hi Joel,Thanks for your description of how to upload files to SendSpace. It was quite helpful. I successfully uploaded my file and got a confirmation email.
I didn't bother to do the free registration and heard a little reminder about that fact after the upload was complete. If I were going to do a lot of uploading and downloading, I would probably want to establish an account with them. I was glad to see how easy it was to use the service. Thanks also to James and Chris for your comments.
Gary King w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Sending Large Files
hi Gary,I sometimes have large files I need to send someone by posting them online,and for this I regularly use SendSpace without the Wizard they offer. Iunderstand that some people find that Wizard helpful, and I have no opinionbecause I've never used it. But I can say that it didn't take me very many visits using Jaws to learn to successfully upload a file there. You go to the main page at http://www.sendspace.com and the Send function form is right there on that page. I can't remember key words to use forlocating the form, but the Jaws E command for finding edit fields will worknicely to get you to the beginning of the form.Don't go right into Forms Mode, if you want to familiarize yourself with the procedure. First arrow down and see what you'll be working with. First comes a field for entering the path and file name of the file you're uploading. If you' put the file in a location on your hard drive that's simple to rememberand type in, that's preferable to going to the next element where you can choose to browse your hard drive to find the file. Just memorize it, sayc:\bigfile.doc or whatever and go into Forms Mode and type it in. Then press Tab to go to the next fields, ignoring if you seem to be asked for the samething again, which my Jaws 10 picks up around this point in the form. Just tab to where they ask for a comment, if you wish to include one in the notice SendSpace will send out, then an email address for the recipient if you want SendSpace to send them the notice (not necessary if you can'tremember their email address at the moment; see next comments) and then yourown email address. Don't forget to type that in. Then you'll hear a check box for saying you agree to the terms andconditions, press Spacebar to check this. Confirm by staying right there and pressing the Say Line command, Insert Num Pad 8. Very important to do that. I may have gotten a step or two in the wrong order, but you'll see when youget there, and it'll make sense anyway. last, tab to the Send button or whatever the control is called (it's obvious, don't worry) and hit Enter.If you've done everything right, you'll get a page where the upload progressis tracked and you can follow it, probably using the Jaws cursor. Take the time to read everything you can above this feature, for your information.Pay attention to the warning not to leave the page lest you abort the upload by doing so. But that doesn't mean you can't use Alt Tab to go to any otherrunning application, or even to another Web page if it's running in aseparate incidence of your browser. But don't leave that page except by altTab. When the file upload is finished, SendSpace will email you a notice that includes a link to click on in order to download the file. If you couldn't remember your recipient's email address when you were at the form, as Ioften can't, just forward a copy of this notice to them now, taking all thetime you need to find their address or, as I often do, typing in the beginning of their name and letting Open Book and Windows fill in the address from my address book entry. And send. that's it. Less hassle to actually do than it was for me to type all this. Not complaining, just saying you'll get the hang of it easily enough.Also, if you make any mistakes before pressing the Send command, the upload won't startbut you'll get a page on which you're told there's an error. youcan find it with the Jaws cursor. Almost always, the wording doesn'tdescribe what you've actually done wrong, but you may realize you typed thepath and filename wrong or forgot to check the agreement box or something, and just do it over again. This becomes less mysterious when you've been through it once or twice. Hope this helps. Joel -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo 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/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf 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
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