Re: getting used to the new version of JAWS
- From: "dewaynemcm" <dewaynemcm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:37:09 -0500
pass key means if u are using another application that has the same hotkeys
jaws does u can pass thru to use the hotkey anyway.insert + 3 to use this
function
dont know about kinises keyboard
dewayne
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake Joehl
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: getting used to the new version of JAWS
I have two questions related to the keyboard layouts. First, what does it
mean to pass a key through? I've always heard this but never knew what it
meant. Second, do any of you know what the kinesis keyboard layout is? Having
said all that, I really like having the ability to switch between keyboard
layouts in JAWS. I've used laptops before, and I've also used the laptop layout
here on my desktop PC and it works great.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Driesenga
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: getting used to the new version of JAWS
Well, the main reason they got rid of the classic layout is because of key
combinations such as alt i and alt o if you came across buttons or menu items
that had those shortcuts. When in classica layout, you were forced to pass
keys through, which actually takes longer to do, actually, because by the time
you have four or five keystrokes, you could have had only one or two done.
Actually, I think you shouldn't have too much trouble switching, actually. and
pressing the capslock key twice to activate it is actually more of an advantage
than it is a disadvantage--think of all the problems you would have if you
accidentally hit the capslock key and didn't know it. And besides, it's
actually becoming more and more of a better option even on regular desktop
keyboards simply because when typing, it's far easier to reach for the capslock
key than it is to fumble around for the keypad. and making the switch, as I
do, between two different machines--one a desktop and the other a laptop--makes
it much easier if you just use the laptop layout anyway. And besides, you
don't lose the numpad functionality even with the laptop layout, so actually,
I'd say just go ahead and make the switch. It probably won't take you only an
hour, if that, to get used to having to tap the capslock key twice to activate
and deactivate it anyway. really isn't that difficult, since that's really the
only change you have to deal with. It could be much, much worse! Mark
"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia
To: JAWS users list
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 6:31 PM
Subject: re: getting used to the new version of JAWS
Hi:
just thought I would put in my two cents here as well.
I've had JAWS 9 installed on my computer since before Christmas, and
admit i have only used it once or twice. I, too have to get used to it, and the
thing that is turning me off is not the fact that I have to get used to a new
configuration as in the way a dialogue such as the verbosity dialogue is set
up, for me it's the fact thatFS got rid of the classic laptop layout. For me it
just isn't practical to switch to JAWS 9 when I'm wanting speed and accuracy.
Does anyone know why the change? there was no explanation. I know that they've
had the regular laptop setting for some time now, but I just never swithed
because classic was what I had become accustomed to. I've heard from others
that the regular layout is better and that I will get used to it quickly but
when you are a student and you're looking for speed it isn't always appropriate
to start learning a whole new layout when you're trying to do your schoolwork
as well.
I don't know, just my thoughts. I would have loved to have a little more
explanation as to why FS got rid of the classic laptop layout. If it were kept
I know I would have been switched to JAWS 9 a long time ago. but that will be a
summer project, I think. and the other thing Ihate about the regular laptop
layout is that when you press the capslock key, because that is now your JAWS
key you have to press it twice to activate writing in upper case letters, which
doesn't make for a fluid transition for me personally. how I wish Ihad my
desktop in these circumstances!
Patricia
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