[gui-talk] Follow-up to my laptop question

[Joel Deutsch]

For what it's worth, I think I stopped the mysterious thing with my Acer 
going to the Desktop whenever I did nothing more than touch a key while on 
the Google search page. I'm not sure, but I've got my fingers crossed.

It may be important that I managed to get into Configuration manager, enter 
into the Default file, and set the Auto forms mode to off and no sounds, 
either. Now it behaves more like my desktop, and even says forms Mode On 
when I hear "edit" and press enter.

As i said, I'm teaching myself to feel out this keyboard with the frequent 
help of the Insert 1 Jaws command that speaks each key and describes its 
function, where it's not simply an alphanumeric key.

Very disciplined approach, better than freaking out, which I did a couple of 
days ago when I tried too much, too fast, and failed. But it's like learning 
Braille, which i tried with a distance learning course a few years ago but 
couldn't push on past one exercise book. Too much mental strain, and my 
fingers just couldn't feel things well enough. no, I don't have peripheral 
neuropathy. But I'm 65 and my fingertips aren't sensitive and springy like a 
younger person's are. Duller.

But I'll keep trying to learn the geography of this keyboard, just out of 
stubbornness and to try to avoid having to get a USB keyboard for it, which 
screws up my whole daydream of being able to use a laptop properly, with the 
help of Jaws.

And for the memory of Al Griffith, who would have wanted me to at least give 
it a good try, I think. Boy, do I miss Albert.

Happy Christmas and all that. Thanks for letting me share my problems and 
those feelings.
Joel