[Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

[David Andrews]

Myself, and my AT staff have found JAWS (recent 
releases) to be somewhat unstable.  Lockups are 
relatively common, and if anything it seems to be 
getting worse with each update.

Dave

At 11:52 AM 8/25/2012, you wrote:
>Hello David and everyone,
>
>     We're using JAWS 13. The problem is occurring in Windows XP and 7.
>
>Peter Donahue
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>
>
>JAWS 10 was never designed to work with Windows
>7.  This could be causing some of your problems.
>
>Dave
>
>At 11:09 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
> >Ok. Phew! I'm not the only one experiencing
> >issues with JAWS not responding. I think it's a
> >number of things with my computer. #1. I have
> >JAWS 10 on a windows 7 laptop. #2. I let a
> >friend talk me into downloading all these
> >different programs that will help speed up my
> >computer. It helped, but started causing
> >problems. It is quite frustrating to hear a
> >chimed dialog box but nothing is said. The other
> >day, as it was starting up, it had a starting
> >windows repair window open saying not to turn
> >off or restart the computer, but JAWS didn't say
> >that. My 7 year old son read it to me and asked
> >me if I wanted him to close the window. The
> >computer would have been sitting here with that
> >window open and I would have been getting upset
> >and worried that my computer wasn't starting up
> >properly. Right now, I have a window open for an
> >adobe flash player update, but I don't know how
> >to get to it. Occasionally JAWS will say,
> >"update ready to be installed" and that's it. I
> >have issues with Fire Fox as well. Every time I
> >open it, I have to use the "alt tab" command
> >twice in order to use the program. Sometimes,
> >when I hit the applications key and scroll up to
> >"send to," it will stop talking before or just
> >after I reach it. IDK if there is an auto
> >correct in Word 2007, but, I'll be typing along
> >and I'll want to go back, re read what I just
> >typed, and somehow my sentences were broken up
> >and rearranged. It does it in my email as well.
> >I use Windows Live Mail because I don't know how
> >to use gmail on the site. -----Original
> >Message----- From: Sherry Gomes Sent: Friday,
> >August 24, 2012 10:31 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing
> >List' Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm
> >tired of I have that happen a lot with internet
> >explorer 9, and it is the application, not jaws,
> >because when everything starts up again, there's
> >a message saying internet explorer stopped
> >working. Outlook too, oh man, it hangs a lot,
> >just freezes and locks up the whole darn
> >computer, particularly first thing in the
> >morning. -----Original Message----- From:
> >blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> >Of Mike Freeman Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012
> >8:50 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject:
> >Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of Perhaps
> >the application you're using has stopped
> >responding for some reason. I find this happens
> >periodically in windows 7. Mike -----Original
> >Message----- From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> >[mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> >Of Nikki Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:27 PM
> >To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org Subject: [Blindtlk] One
> >thing I'm tired of     In the middle of a task,
> >command, or navigating the net, JAWS just stops
> >talking, sometimes with a stutter or short
> >muffle. IDK what it�s doing or why, but there
> >are times when I end up turning offf or
> >restarting. Sometimes I can get JAWS back on.
> >Any thoughts as to why this is happening?
> >_______________________________________________