Re: jaws 5.1
- From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:52:23 -0700
In the free software world, they have some feature which are called unsupported
usually in unstable versions of there product. They refer to them as
development versions. This only works because you have the tools to fix them
you have access to there source. Not something under jaws. Jaws should only
allow access to experimental features for free. That is if they want to continu
charging for the final product.
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From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:48 PM
Subject: RE: jaws 5.1
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> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: jaws 5.1
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> You've lost me hree but I'll try to pick up the thread. The idea behind
> getting a new release out the door is two fold. To put new features in
> it and improve what is tere and to meet deadlines. If remote access
> bcomes available under these constraints, it does. You don't throw an
> untested feature into a product just to get it in before it goes out the
> door because it is just a sloppy thing to do and causes lots of problems
> on both the developer side and the customer side.
> You do if people need it what you do is you put it out there and let the
> user know that it is available but is not being supported at this time.
> And so for those of us who need it will have it. Perhaps I should
> remind the users who feel that stability is the most important thing
> here is this. Your screen reader is your only means of getting access.
> If you have to wait a year to be able to do the same things your sighted
> counterparts are doing then you are going to be unable to keep up and be
> competitive. In my work as a fre lance support person I find that the
> home user is using the latest software and if I can not advice them on
> what to do with it then I am out of a job. Granted I do not get much
> work in this line as of now but the work I do get depends on me being
> able to access all of the latest and greatest toys. SO I disagree I
> would rather have some access even if it is problematic then no access.
> Some is always better then none and that is the choice. What I am
> saying here is put the power in the users hand if you have a timid user
> then so be it he can be timid and not take the risk. If you have a real
> user who is willing to take the risk then let him or her do so. You will
> get a lot more feed back and you will see a lot more testing in the
> field. In my mind a good access product is one that give you access as
> fast as possible. The second thing that makes it good is correcting
> the bugs as they accore. You do not sacrifice speed for stability and
> that is the trend I see happening in the access world to day. It did
> not used to be like this how-ever. If access was possible no matter
> what the bug you got it. And documentation was provided on known bugs.
> That is the way it should be again. Remember a new version of windows
> is coming out soon and we will need to be on the cutting edge of it if
> many of us want to be productive. Well I have said my last on this
> subject for I can see that view points are set in stone and there is no
> reviving of the dead and gone.
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