[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Windows 2007! save me!!! and great dummies site
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:26:26 -0400
Thank you E, Pratik and Julie. You dispatched my worry quickly threefold.
E, your comments are practical, and I wasn't in a hurry to upgrade. I was
partially concerned that the world would upgrade before I was ready and it
might effect my computer's ability to work with them. When Bookshare
requires Vista to truly work well with my computer, that's when updating
will be a must.
Julie, your comments were reassuring.
The companies creating accessible products have made progress if they, in
fact, prepare to support Vista soon after it's released I was glad to hear
it, Pratik.
.
Have you heard about the differences? Do they sound promising, or minor?
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Windows 2007! save me!!! and great dummies
site
Hi, Lissi. It'll be OK. <smile> Look at how long Microsoft supported
Windows
98. Heck, they just recently stopped supporting it, and it came out, what,
six years ago or more, depending on which month it came out, which I don't
know, but the point is, they'll be supporting XP for a while, and I'm
assuming that's what you have. Anyway, the new Windows will be called
Vista,
and at this point, anyway, I'm not too concerned about it. Hopefully, by
the
time I'm forced to upgrade something, everything should be fine. JAWS
should
be caught up with any surprises Vista might throw at us and everything
should work out. <smile> Take care.
Julie Morales
Email and Windows/MSN Messenger:
mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT Windows 2007! save me!!! and great dummies
site
Dear Volunteer friends,
Carrie, you sent us a Dummies link a few months ago. It is a very handy
reference site! Thank you so much!
Everyone, Last night while investigating the Dummies link Carrie sent us,
I
happened upon news that is likely to aggravate my insomnia. I may never
Sleep again. We're getting a new Windows in 2007! I forgot the new,
snappy,
name to go with it, but aside from upgrading...at some point...we'll all
be
waiting for our various adaptive softwares to catch up, and then wait for
the computer wise on this list to figure it out and explain it to those of
us who wrangle with computers and bottom out, and then it will be learning
new ways of doing what needs to be done to validate!
I know improvements are a good thing, but they stretch my learning curve
to
a u shape...in other words from the shaky hilltop where I am now back to
the
valley of the ignorant!
Has anyone paid attention to the projected update? There's a print book
which discusses what to expect advertised on the Dummies site.
Carrie's help goes so far beyond scanning and validating! She told us
about
the site months ago, but I finally checked it last night and it is a good
source of free useful info via the articles on a given topic you search.
Last night I sent links to articles about diabetes and a Dummy reference
on
laptops you can purchase to 2 different sighted friends who love the new
site.
Don't be fooled by the name Dummies. The information in the Dummy books
seems generally sound, and not at all superficial. It's just organized in
a
quick scan and user friendly way.It's like a bus tour of a new city. In
the
days after, you go back to the places that interested you to learn more.
If
a subject is relatively new to you, you read the Dummies book and can
always
follow up with further reading from other sources to go deeper.
In case you didn't catch it when Carrie posted it to tell us there were
over
30 articles about dogs, the URL
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/
To use the search, I had to enter on forms mode, type in my search and
then
tab back with shift tab to click on the graphic to start the search. That
may not be how it works for you, but I'm sharing my experience in case it
helps.
Always with love,
Lissi
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