[jaws-uk] History of Jaws
- From: "Ken Reid" <ken.reid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Jaws Users" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:57:30 +0100
Interesting reading the short history lesson.
Many sighted users crave for a return to the clear, simple style and operation
of Windows 3. But it was the dark ages for screen readers. I was using
magnification at the time, and didn't require screen readers till later - I
started with Jaws 3, which I think went with Windows 95.
If you could see it, Windows 3 really used windows as it was intended, or so
I've always felt. The screen was divided in to four windows. One held
applications, one held system tools, I think one held file management etc, but
I'm beginning to struggle to remember that long ago now.
With two times magnification, I was able to put any one of these four windows
in to the viewing screen, and see everything that it contained. To me each
window was like a little screen.
So much for nostalgia, back to work on Windows Vista. Though that has just
reminded me, the magnification I used was a product called Vista! It used a 3
button mouse. I presume it has been consigned to the virtual dustbin, as MS
would not have been able to use the name if it had still been around.
What a lot has changed in the last 20 odd years.
Ken
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