[gui-talk] Latest Jaws update. Worth the bother to download and install?

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Sun Jun 21 03:33:34 UTC 2009


It is a minor patch, usually meant to fix a bug or do something else 
minor -- not a major new release.

Dave

At 10:00 PM 6/17/2009, you wrote:
>Dave,
>
>What is meant by the term "hot fix?" Thanks.
>
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>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Latest Jaws update. Worth the bother to download and
>install?
>
>
>I believe they are calling this one a "hot fix" and I don't believe
>there will be dire consequences to not applying it.
>
>Dave
>
>At 03:59 PM 6/17/2009, you wrote:
> >Also, try to remember that JAWS updates are like service packs for
> >Windows, so they'll just be as important as Windows service packs.
> >If you do not wish to update then consider the consequences.
> >
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> >From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith at sbcglobal.net>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:19 PM
> >To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Latest Jaws update. Worth the bother to
> >downloadandinstall?> All jaws updates are worth the bother to
> >install.  They are to fix things
> >>that are wrong with the present version or to add important features. It's
> >>very easy to use the update feature so installing the update won't take
> >>anyone more than a few minutes.  Try to remember Freedom Scientific
> >>doesn't
> >>put these out for no reason.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> >>Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> >>Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:43 PM
> >>To: GUI-Talk
> >>Subject: [gui-talk] Latest Jaws update. Worth the bother to download and
> >>install?
> >>
> >>I've just been to the FS page where they talk about the bug fixes and
> >>improvements in succeeding releases/builds of Jaws 10, and the two things
> >>below are all that seems is new this time around. let's be practical,
> >>though. If I don't bother to install this update, will having failed to do
> >>so cause me some trouble later when another update is posted, or when it's
> >>time for me to install Jaws 11? I don't want to inconvenience myself like
> >>that, but still I'm leery of dutifully installing each new update without
> >>question when I hear someone complain that doing so screwed them up in
> >>some
> >>way. Here are the only two items I found that look like changes in this
> >>new
> >>build, and neither of these things is of any use to me:
> >>
> >>a.. Resolved an issue where JAWS would not properly read the playlist
> >>window
> >>
> >>in the latest iTunesR 8 automatic update.
> >>a.. Resolved a reported issue with how JAWS worked with the Track Changes
> >>feature in Word. Speech and braille were not working correctly for any
> >>markups once the view was set to Final.
> >>any comments from anybody who's already installed this build? Personally,
> >>I
> >>always download from the site, and never use the update feature on the
> >>Help
> >>menu. I've heard too many people say it doesn't work well for them, and I
> >>feel safer just doing it myself. Don't want to get into an argument about
> >>this if there are several passionate opinions. thanks for understanding.
> >>civility is everything.
> >>
> >>
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