Re: determining content of cd
- From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:42:12 -0500
And speaking of navigating the computer... Do we all remember when we had
to type a path to everything in the computer? As confusing as computers can
seem today, there was a time when they were a lot more so. Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: determining content of cd
>I understand, Jack. I just wanted to explain how to see how things are
> actually arranged on one's computer. It just makes me feel uneasy when
> people learn only discrete, short cut methods of performing tasks and
> navigating on their computers, because it leaves them with no sense of
> what's going on, how the computer's set up, and where things are. It's
> like
> traveling by teleportation without ever having driven across the landscape
> and learned a sense of the geographyand the road map. I just feel that
> addiction to short cut approaches is less convenient than it is
> potentially
> disempowering for blind computer users. As I think we agree, navigate the
> interface first, and then use shortcuts if you want to. I mean, that's
> how
> I feel, anyway.
>
> No problem, in other words. Happy Sunday.
> Daniel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:19 AM
> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
>
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Just for the record, I do it the way that you do. I go to my computer,
>> then
>> I find the drive, CD ROM, or whatever I'm looking for that way. I just
>> wanted to help Judith find what she needed in as few steps as possible.
>> I
>> seldom use the run dialogue box, unless I need a quick way to get to a
>> specific place, like the Jaws 6.0 ENU folder. But, I always use my
>> computer. Jack
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
>>
>>
>>> What is the USB player? Is it an auxiliary piece of equipment? As
>>> everyone
>>> that knows me already knows I'm not the list's biggest tecky! Thanks,
>>> Judith
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:41 AM
>>> Subject: Re: determining content of cd
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'd just like to suggest what would be the normal approach for most
>>> Windows
>>>> users, even if the Run command method appeals to some. It is good to
>>>> know
>>>> the tools that are provided for conventional use in Windows.
>>>>
>>>> this is to use either My Computer or Windows Explorer, the standard
>>>> interfaces for navigating the contents of your computer. For instance,
>>> when
>>>> I want to see what's on the flash drive mp3-type player I use for both
>>> music
>>>> and audible.com books, I plug the player into the appropriate USB port
>>>> on
>>>> the front of my computer. Then, in Windows Explorer, I arrow down the
>>> tree
>>>> list of folders and drives from my C:\drive through a couple of other
>>> things
>>>> to my E drive folder, which is also called the Removable Drive. And
>>>> then
>>> to
>>>> see what's on the player, I just tab over to the files list view and
>>>> arrow
>>>> up and down it, just as I do in any other drive or folder.
>>>>
>>>> Just offering this for the sake of context the suggestion may provide.
>>> Not
>>>> arguing which way is better. That's about personal preference.
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>>> > From: "Moti Azrad Musician & Piano-Tuner" <motia@xxxxxxx>
>>>> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:25 AM
>>>> > Subject: Re: determining content of cd
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >> Judith,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> You can simply put this cd in and press the start key+e to use your
>>>> >> explorer. Then you use it as a tree-view by using the arrows, right
>>> arrow
>>>> > to
>>>> >> open, left arrow, to close, down arrow to move to the next item,
>>>> >> etc.
>>>> >> I hope this helps you.
>>>> >> If you need more help, you can contact me directly.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Moti
>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> >> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:25 AM
>>>> >> Subject: determining content of cd
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> > After you record a document on CD how do you find out if what you
>>> just
>>>> > did
>>>> >> > indeed showed up on the disc? Judith
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