Re: Jaws 8 Vista final

  • From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:29:11 -0700

Hi Bruce,

Many of these issues have been reported via the public beta feedback 
process, FS technical support and various public venues all to little or no 
resolution in subsequent JAWS 8.0 updates.  With each new JAWS update, I am 
feeling more and more nervous about the quality of the development talent 
pool held by FS.  Unsubstantiated reports that FS may be in technical 
trouble are really starting to feel to me like they may hold some weight. 
Technical trouble will eventually lead to financial trouble, my friends.




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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws 8 Vista final


Well, tell FS.

bruce

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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Rick Harmon wrote:

> I'm sorry to say but this final version of Jaws 8 for Vista isn't any 
> better for the most part than beta 2 was in my opinion.  Dialogs still 
> don't read correctly without having  to use the jaws cursor.  performance 
> is very sluggish in windows mail and functionality in Windows mail is 
> extremely poor.  I have to continually close messages and re open them to 
> get them to read.  My mail status says something like 1 messages un reads.
> Did someone make a mistake in grammar here?
> In the volume controls dialog the reading is still read opposite of the 
> correct amount example if it's set at 90 percent jaws says 10 percent if 
> you press insert up arrow to get the status of the slider.  Also when you 
> try to change the volume rapidly by up or down arrowing it tries to spell 
> the value out still as it did in beta 2.
>
> And I've been in the final release for 10 minutes now.  Wonder what I'll 
> find out after a day or two.
>
>
> Sorry FS but I'm very disappointed with the final release of Jaws and will 
> use someone else's reader for Vista till it's fixed properly.
>
>
> I'll be putting up a podcast on my website probably next week showing the 
> problems I've found in this release.
>
> I'm sorry but this release for Vista just doesn't cut it and lags far 
> behind Window Eyes or System access.
>
> Rick
>
>
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