RE: Version 6.0
- From: "Wil James" <wil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:40:36 -0500
What about the remote access solution FS wants to charge you for? That has
been promised since 2003, and it's finally come to pass. 6.0 feature or
5.5?
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-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:06 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Version 6.0
Oh, without a doubt. But would you call that a 6.0 feature or a 5.5 feature?
Bruce
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Jack Lowe wrote:
> I agree Bruce. Most of the updates in 6.0 are strictly cosmetic. For
> example, the talking progress bar. However, I do find this to be a
> helpful tool. Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Version 6.0
>
>
>> The reality is that version 6 introduces so little new functionality
>> that an update features CD would be a bit of a waste. The truth is
>> that neither FS nor GW Micro seems to have any idea what a "major
>> upgrade" means. The last major upgrade for JFW worthy of that
>> designation, in my opinion, was 4.5. What makes 6 a major upgrade is
>> not a host of new features and improvements, it's the authorization
>> scheme change and the change in directory structure, far and away, in
>> my view, the biggest changes in this version.
>>
>> Bruce
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>> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Jack Lowe wrote:
>>
>>> In past versions of Jaws, there was an audio CD with a lot of the
>>> updates to the program explained and demonstrated. These are
>>> incorporated into the Jaws 6.0 program CD in MP3 format. You should
>>> get the option to install
>>> these files when you install Jaws 6.0 from the CD. Jack
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Version 6.0
>>>
>>>
>>>> I didn't get a features CD with this one.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "civi3" <civi3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 7:26 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Version 6.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What Features CD? I didn't get one.
>>>>> Tom
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:15 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: Version 6.0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> put the cd in your drive for jaws and after jaws is installed
>>>>>> then put in the authorization cd which will have your activation
>>>>>> number and hit the activate button. If you need more detailed
>>>>>> then that let us know. That does bring up a good point, there is
>>>>>> a features cd, which I assume has installation instructions on
>>>>>> it, but no downloadable readme file or quick readme brailled with
>>>>>> the cds.
>>>>>> Most installations have a readme file.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "civi3" <civi3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: "Jaws List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 4:04 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Version 6.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just received Version 6.0 CD's in the mail. No instructions at all.
>>>>>> Can
>>>>>> someone tell me what the installation steps are? There appears to
>>>>>> be an authorization CD and a program CD.
>>>>>> Tom
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