Re: JAWS 12 UPDATE, list of changes
- From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:40:42 -0800
Interesting, and thanks for passing it along. Haven't tested yet, but it
looks like they have addressed a couple of my favorite bugaboos.
Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
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From: "David" <davidwhitehead1957@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 10:28
Subject: JAWS 12 UPDATE, list of changes
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From: "Eric Damery" <Edamery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:13 PM
JAWS 12 UPDATE, list of changes
> Greetings all,
>
> Here is the list of changes. It can also be read at:
> http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS12-previous-enhancem>
> ents.asp
>
>
> Enhancements and Improvements in JAWS 12
>
> This page describes all improvements made from the first public beta
> release to the current JAWS 12 release.
> Enhancements in JAWS 12.0.522 (December 2010)
> The following is a list of items addressed or added between the final
> JAWS 12.0.512 and the JAWS 12.0.522 posting. All enhancements since the
> initial public beta release are included in this release.
> JAWS
> * Resolved an issue where English braille translation options
> would appear in the German version of JAWS after pressing INSERT+V.
> * Resolved an issue where the Custom Highlight Manager would open
> after selecting the Mark Colors in Braille Manager.
> * Resolved an issue where an empty Task List would fail after
> moving focus to the list box.
> * Resolved an issue where the Custom Highlight Assign Manager was
> not working correctly.
> * Corrections were made to the Virtualize Window and Virtualize
> Current Control keystrokes in the JAWS Quick Start Guide.
> * Resolved an issue in the uo.jsm file, and corrected a typo in
> the wduo.jsm file.
> * Resolved several issues with the INSERT+F1 help messages used in
> various areas of Settings Center.
> * Corrected the name of the Labeled Images check box in Settings
> Center.
> * Resolved an issue where some braille display input commands used
> for JAWS BrailleIn were incorrect.
> * Resolved an issue where it was difficult to read the text in the
> Settings Center help message pane when contracted braille input was
> turned off.
> * Resolved an issue where certain cursor routing buttons on the
> Focus braille display performed the wrong action.
> * Resolved a long standing issue where control characters were not
> being displayed on a braille display when the value was set to 0 in the
> Default.jcf file.
> * Resolved an issue in WPF applications where JAWS was not
> identifying certain password fields.
> Adobe Acrobat
> * Resolved an issue where Adobe Reader became unresponsive when
> trying to open a PDF file.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not reading table headers
> tagged with the <TH> component in PDF documents.
> Eclipse
> * Resolved an issue with Eclipse where the Help tree view was not
> working correctly when pressing INSERT+TAB.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing changes in the
> Help tree view in Eclipse.
> Internet Explorer
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS did not recognize labels for
> invisible links on a Web page.
> * Resolved several issues, such as extra blank lines and
> whitespace being reported, when using JAWS with Internet Explorer 9.
> * Resolved an issue where Web pages did not refresh, and JAWS did
> not announce changes after choosing a button on that page.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not speaking exponential
> numbers correctly. This was observed while reading Web pages.
> * Resolved an issue where a Web page would not refresh correctly
> after selecting a clickable link.
> * Resolved an issue that caused Internet Explorer to fail on the
> Web site winepresspublishing.com.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was reading the entire word in a
> link when reading by character, and reading only the first character
> when reading by words.
> * Made improvements to the way JAWS identifies and announces
> certain clickable links.
> * Resolved an issue in Internet Explorer 8 where JAWS was not
> moving focus to buttons on Web pages after pressing B.
> * Resolved a reported issue where Internet Explorer stopped
> working when logging into and using the Web site indiegogo.com.
> Microsoft Excel
> * Resolved an issue where the braille display was not refreshing
> correctly when navigating through an Excel spreadsheet while in Line
> mode.
> * Resolved an issue where double entries appeared on the braille
> display when moving through some Excel dialog boxes.
> * Resolved an issue with Excel 2007 and later where the ALT+1
> through ALT+4 keystrokes were not correctly assigned in keyboard
> manager.
> Microsoft Outlook
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS stopped responding when navigating
> through appointments in Outlook Calendar.
> * Resolved an issue when using the Say Word command while editing
> an HTML formatted message in Outlook.
> * Resolved an issue in the Outlook 2007.jkm file that prevented
> the use of the ALT+I script.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing the deleted word
> when using CTRL+BACKSPACE in an Outlook message.
> * Resolved an issue in Outlook 2003 where e-mail messages that
> were previously marked as unread were still announced as having an
> unread status.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS would announce and recommend that
> certain e-mail messages be opened in a Web browser. This was observed in
> Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010.
> Microsoft Visual Studio
> * Resolved a reported issue in Visual Studio 2010 where JAWS was
> not reading the current line correctly in all parts of the new Project
> Dialog.
> * Resolved an issue where the Say Line command would not read
> while in the New Project or New Web Site dialogs in Visual Studio 2010.
> Microsoft Word
> * Resolved an issue in Word where text was not underlined after
> pressing CTRL+U.
> * Resolved an issue in Word where paragraph marks were not visible
> in braille if the JAWS braille settings were configured for DOM or
> Active Follows Braille.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not speaking when using TAB to
> navigate form fields in a Word 2003 document.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not announcing items when
> moving through the list of available templates in Word 2007.
> * When selecting text in a table cell in Word, JAWS would announce
> the correct information, but would show the wrong information on the
> braille display. This issue has been resolved.
> * Resolved an issue in Word 2003 where standard table navigation
> keystrokes were not working correctly.
> * Resolved an issue where braille and speech were not working
> correctly when adding or reading a comment in a Word document.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS had difficulty reading tables in
> Word when reading by sentence or using the Say All command.
> * Resolved an issue where the Navigation Quick Keys F and SHIFT+F
> were not working correctly in Word.
> Research It
> * Resolved an issue where the Time Search lookup source announced
> that no information was found.
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS announced that no results were
> found when using the Convert Currency lookup source.
> Windows Explorer
> * Resolved an issue where JAWS was not properly reading the dialog
> box when deleting an item from Windows Explorer.
> * Resolved an issue in Windows Explorer where group names did not
> display on the braille display when using Line mode.
>
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