Hi Laura, The link you click to try to start the download. I think that when you get the menu, you have to hit Space to get it to say something. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:36 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: visual studio 10 express Hi Jim -- thanks -- but which link? also, I already did the alt+n command and got the little menu, but it vanished before I had a chance to click on anything. The scenario is that I get to a page that asks for the language, and I choose english -- but the minute I'm out of that combo box, a link is activated that tries to pop up something. That is where I find the little menu, the top of which is a download option. But as I said, it doesn't last. I get sucked immediately into a registration process that frankly is confusing in that it requires me to have a microsoft live id. I don't, so I have to create a login and go through all that. It requires me to enter the password of that id. What is this id? The browser filled in my email address, but no way am I going to type in my password there. Sorry. This shouldn't be such a pain. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:23 PM Subject: RE: visual studio 10 express Hi Laura, Try Shift Enter on the link. Also, if nothing happens, try Alt N. You may get a menu of choices. Jim Jim Homme, Usability Services, Phone: 412-544-1810. Skype: jim.homme Internal recipients, Read my accessibility blog. Discuss accessibility here. Accessibility Wiki: Breaking news and accessibility advice -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of qubit Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:16 PM To: bprogramming Subject: visual studio 10 express I have been trying to download VC++ express 2010 from the Microsoft site and I've run into a problem that I can't seem to work around. The website is slow, except when I get to the part of interest, where I select a language to download. I get the little popup from IE saying it has blocked something, and I hit the jaws command alt+n to see what was popping up. It was a download button. So I pressed it. Nothing happened -- it vanished and I was taken to a page with instructions on how to register my copy. Now my problem is this: no matter what I do I can't get to that download -- nothing is ever downloaded and I end up going in circles on their site. Is this normal? I know people on this list are using VS express and can maybe clear up this annoyance. The page I start at is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualc/default.aspx I click on download or VC++ or whatever -- I've tried them all. You can tell I'm getting crazy with this site. TIA for any assistance! --le __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind