This could be Jaws related. How does a sighted person tell the difference between a shortcut and other type of file on the desktop? Don't they look at the icons? How does a Jaws user know what sort of file it is without bringing up the file properties and reading the information on that page?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: Re: removing icons from desktop
Ok, now I really don't understand how this relates to the use of JAWS, seems more like a regular windows type of question and really not jaws related. but to summarise, if it's an actual file that you've placed on your desktop, then you probably either don't want to remove it, or put it in another folder where it might be better suited. the other desktop icons, such as those that are created when you install a program are just shortcuts to the program itself for easier access. what you do with those is up to you. I just wanted to try and avoid having another 500 message thread on what seems to be a pretty straight forward topic. This list has a tendancy to do that.At 03:59 PM 7/2/2007, you wrote:Hi, Yep, you're right, that's exactly what I meant. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 1:42 PM Subject: Re: removing icons from desktopOops, Tom is perfectly correct. if the icon is there because you've actually put a file of some sort on the Desktop, then you'd be deleting the file by deleting its icon. I personally use the desktop only for icons that functionas shortcuts, as I described, so that's all deleting an icon does on my computer, usually. but if you're wishing to delete a Desktop icon thatactually represents a file that you wish to keep, I'd say why not just openWindows Explorer, go to your Desktop folder, tab into the files list viewand find that file there. Now, all you have to do is move it to some other folder, wherever you'd rather keep it, and the icon will disappear from theDesktop. Is that right, Tom? Sorry for my oversimplified initial response. My bad. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lange" <trlange@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 1:04 PM Subject: Re: removing icons from desktop Hi, Yardbird writes:Those icons are only shortcuts to the programs they launch and so forth. Deleting one won't have any effect on the application or file it points to.That's true in most cases. However, Many people download files from the Internet and by default save them to the desktop, which, in my opinion isrisky business. If people organize those files into desktop folders, thenit's possible to lose those folders if the desktop gets corrupted or if Windows is reinstalled. For that reason I encourage people not to storedata directly on the desktop. It's best to move it to another folder on thehard drive. 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