Hi Cher: I am having the same problems with JAWS freezing, it is much worse since I installed XP home and 6.0. I don't know if 6.0 is the problem or XP, but I do know Windows98(SE) had less crashes, but if the problem is XP I am beginning to wish I had never upgraded. Thanks, George R. Marshall geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cher Bosch" <Cher.Bosch@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 8:00 AM Subject: Re: Jaws 6.1 Thanks for your observations, Guy. JAWS frequently freezes when I simply try to open 'My Documents' or another folder, or if I move too quickly while closing a program. I've been blaming this on the computer; but now realize that it is truly a JAWS issue. In the meantime, I've increased RAM to 1 GB and updated the video driver- with no improvement. I knew that JAWS was the only thing freezeing up, but could not believe that JAWS was causing all of this... Unfortunately, when this happens, Narrator is rendered mute also, and you're stuck. Cher >>> guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 4/11/2005 12:56:37 AM >>> As a user of Jaws for only about two years I may not have the history that a lot of others do. But as a former systems analyst and applications programmer I feel qualified to make the following observations. Since 5.0 I have found and reported several small bugs in various areas of the program. The biggest of which is the apparent instability during long periods of fast keystrokes and it's habit of loosing focus in large folders. I realize that not all bugs will be fixed right away, but these are simple things that probably affect many other areas to. As of the release of 6.1 I am finding a large number of people I talk to who use the program a lot more than I do are getting increasingly angry at the lack of response to bug reports. It seems that many of the reported bugs have gone through several versions with little or no improvement. If I had turned out a product of this quality I would have lost my job. Jaws has allowed me to return to work after a ten year absence, so please don't let it all go to waste by not paying attention to the end users and loosing your market share. It is by far the best screen reader out there in my opinion. But if you don't start cleaning up the current code before adding new it will soon go the way of many other good programs and be priced out of the market by cheaper and more dependable products. Thank you: Guy E. Stevens, Toronto Ohio. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx