Re: JAWS8 Experience
- From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 16:15:23 +0100
OK George no problem, thanks for the help anyway. Will have to stick
with the annoying 8.0.423 demo then <grins>.
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:16:13 -0400, "George Marshall"
<geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> I have no idea Christopher since I don't use Firefox.
> HTH ,
> George R. Marshall
> geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: JAWS8 Experience
>
>
> > That's great George, however does the improvement work with Firefox? If
> > so then I may consider downloading the update. I currently use a demo
> > copy of JAWS 8.0.423, and browsing the web can be a pain as the page
> > doesn't load properly in the virtual cursor sometimes. Thanks for
> > letting us know.
> > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:51:04 -0400, "George Marshall"
> > <geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >> Hi:
> >> Since I started this and I didn't mean to start something going, I will
> >> say
> >> I downloaded the latest update this morning and I noted the improvement
> >> with
> >> JAWS8 and IE7.
> >> George R. Marshall
> >> geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Allan" <allanwkf@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:02 PM
> >> Subject: JAWS8 Experience
> >>
> >>
> >> > hi Daniel,
> >> > yea is true, 6 month is quite a long time for a program to grow, but, i
> >> > think too many FS need to care about in this version
> >> > 8.0.xxx, e.g. 8.0 start with 8.0.422 then a week later it release an
> >> > update 8.0.423, this 2 releases is for windows xp. right after
> >> > that, FS release 8.0.1163, 8.0.1173 and the current one 8.0.1177, this
> >> > 3
> >> > releases is to implement the use of windows vista in to a
> >> > single screen reader. so, i think we really need to give FS some time,
> >> > perhaps 9.0?.
> >> >
> >> > i also realize that 8.0 do have some problem in IE7 and outlook
> >> > express,
> >> > but is true, this problem really don't stop me from using
> >> > jaws 8.0, at lease up to this moment.
> >> >
> >> > Warmest Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Allan Wong
> >> > 3M Technology
> >> >
> >> > ** If I said something wrong, please forgive me, as English is not my
> >> > native, I'm sorry.
> >> >
> >> > From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Allen, I think nearly six months ought to be enough to get Jaws 8
> >> > working
> >> > properly with standard Windows operating systems and ordinary
> >> > applications
> >> > no worse than Version 7 did. I think you are being far too generous to
> >> > suggest that people like me simply overlook the fact that Jaws 8
> >> > interferes
> >> > with ordinary functions in Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word and
> >> > practically everything else, where the version before it worked almost
> >> > perfectly with everything for me, as did the version before that. Six
> >> > months
> >> > out, post-release, Allen, means that they'll be releasing yet another
> >> > version in little more than six months. So how long into the new
> >> > product's
> >> > one-year life span are we supposed to wait in order to show enough
> >> > patience
> >> > and kindness? Sorry, but you must not be having many of the kinds of
> >> > problems others are having, and I'm glad for your good fourteen. But
> >> > this
> >> > is
> >> > not a case of bad attitude on the part of us consumers. Honestly, it
> >> > isn't.
> >> > This is one really buggy release.
> >> > Best regards,
> >> > Daniel
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Allan" <allanwkf@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:44 AM
> >> > Subject: JAWS8 Experience
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > hmm? is jaws 8.0.XXX really that bad? i use it since last year november
> >> > till
> >> > now, i don't really have much trouble with it. some
> >> > time maybe we need to understand that when the program need to
> >> > implement
> >> > some new features and some new product support, there might
> >> > be little crappy here and there. so, why can't you people compromise
> >> > and
> >> > give some time for the developer to solve the problem in
> >> > the near future?. since day one we use jaws, we already know that there
> >> > is
> >> > some small problem here and there, but i do believe FS
> >> > have tryed their best to fix it from time to time. just nothing is
> >> > perfect
> >> > in the world.
> >> >
> >> > sorry if this is not what you all like to hear, but just my perspnal
> >> > opinion.
> >> >
> >> > Warmest Regards,
> >> >
> >> > Allan Wong
> >> > 3M Technology
> >> >
> >> > ** If I said something wrong, please forgive me, as English is not my
> >> > native, I'm sorry.
> >> >
> >> > From: "Eileen Lafond" <Eileen.Lafond@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I cannot use the version 8 at all because it will not work with
> >> > GroupWise version 6.5.7 and I cannot seem to get Novell to do
> >> > anything.
> >> > F S. says that Novell has to take care of the problem.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Eileen La Fond
> >> > Phone (206) 386-0011
> >> > e.mail Eileen.LaFond@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >
> >> >>>> "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4/26/2007 11:07 AM >>>
> >> > Hi George and all,
> >> >
> >> > My biggest problem with JAWS 8 really is the frequent occurrence of
> >> > blank
> >> > virtual buffers, mostly in Internet Explorer.
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "George Marshall" <geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:55 AM
> >> > Subject: JAWS8 Experience
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hi All:
> >> > With all of the negative comments about JAWS8, just thought I would say
> >> > I
> >> > have very few problems with JAWS8 and XP, this configuration has been
> >> > quite
> >> > stable for me. I don't question that some of you are having trouble.
> >> > HTH,
> >> > George R. Marshall
> >> > geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Adrian Spratt" <A.Spratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:19 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: Control Home and Control End in Outlook Express
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Small detail. Pressing the home or end key without control has
> >> > always
> >> >> landed you on the first or last message in a folder, with that
> >> > message
> >> >> being selected.
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Don Moore" <donmoore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hi List,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Please note that I did change the subject to reflect what we are
> >> >>> discussing today.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Robert Hebert wrote, in part:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "I am using Jaws 8 and Control home does not produce that annoying
> >> > bong
> >> >>> either when the message list in o/e or when in an open message. In
> >> > an
> >> >>> open message, control home simply reads the top line of the message
> >> > and
> >> >>> control end reads the last line of the message or the first or last
> >> >>> message
> >> >>> in the list when in any of the mail boxes." (end of quote)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> That is exactly my experience and I do like the fact that
> >> > pressing
> >> >>> Control Home actually lands you on the first message in a mailbox
> >> > and
> >> >>> pressing Control End actually lands you on the last message in a
> >> > mailbox.
> >> >>> In earlier versions of JAWS, pressing Control Home or Control End,
> >> > in an
> >> >>> Outlook Express mailbox, always left you with the first or last
> >> > message
> >> >>> unselected. That's amazing, I realize, that I finally found
> >> > something
> >> >>> positive to say about JAWS 8.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Regards,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Don
> >> >
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