Re: determining content of cd
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:19:47 -0800
over your destiny? That may be pushing it. Over your computer, yes. that
I'll agree with... <teasing>
'l
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: determining content of cd
> Those were the good old days, in my view. You had to be a lot more sure
> what you were doing back then, and you had a lot more control over your
> destiny.
>
> Bruce
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> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Jack Lowe wrote:
>
>> 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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