[nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Mon Sep 26 20:01:56 UTC 2011
Hi all,
What do you all mean by the "menu thing?" Windows 7 has a menu
bar like the old XP one, with file, edit, view, and other things.
All you have to do is hit alt and it will take you to the menu
bar of the program you are in. The only thing I don't like about
menus in Windows 7 vs XP is Windows 7 replaced combo boxes with
tree-views in a lot of areas, and I find combo boxes to be much
easier than tree-views because they involve a lot less
keystrokes, but they're managable. If you're talking about the
ribbons, I haven't had much experience with it, but it sounds
like I'll need the ribbons to work Outlook, so I guess I'll have
to learn. But from the few experiences I've had with the virtual
ribbons, it's kind of like a comtext menu. You just down arrow
after you go up to the ribbon, find what you want, and hit enter.
Sometimes you need to go in the system tray to find things, and
the difference in that is you navigate the system tray's buttons
by right-arrowing instead of down-arrowing like you would in a
menu. But 7 isn't very bad, although they have changed some
things, all of which are accessible to JAWS.
Chris
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
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Date sent: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:51:30 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
David,
I will use XP, until I am absolutely forced to move up. When I
am at school
I am forced to use 7. I have no clue what they were thinking
when they took
away the menu thing. I will never get this new fangled
technology LOL
Marsha
-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 11:11 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
Marsha: Having used both I can assure you that Windows 7 is
better
than Vista. It is somewhat different from XP, but usable. If
and
when you get a new computer you will have to move from XP. It
isn't that
bad.
I read the NBP book and it helped a lot.
Dave
At 04:01 PM 9/24/2011, you wrote:
I absolutely refuse to go to windows 7. I will stay with XP for
as long as
I
possibily can. Yes you can say I am an old timer in that regard.
I don't
have much confidence in Microsoft. For example look at Vista,
and how much
of a screw up that was. What is to say that 7 is any better.
Nope, not
upgrading.
Okay I have digressed, back to the original question. So if it
is suppose
to
work, then why is mine not.
Marsha
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From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
Of Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:30 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
IE 8 should work with XP so Marsha shouldn't have a problem. As
versions
advance, they often do not work work with old software.
Guess everyone needs to get rid of xp and go to windows 7.
-----Original Message-----
From: Humberto Avila
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:23 PM
To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
Hi chriss,
No. sadly, Microsoft did not make internet explorer 9 to work
with windows
xp, and it is not supported for that operating system. Just like
you've
been
hearing about all those trends now that certain programs or
functions will
not work with XP just because XP is not as new and updated as
windows 7 and
even windows vista. E.G. windows media player 12.0 is also not
supported by
windows xp, and some other new applications designed to work with
newer
systems. Did you even hear that Microsoft is dropping support
for windows
xp
in 2014?
-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 11:08 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
Hi Marsha and everyone,
I have IE 9 on Windows 7, but does it work on XP? I'm not sure.
Humberto, it sounds like version 8 was working for her before
now, so
it should be compatible with XP.
Chris
On 9/24/11, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
Just because I am using IE 8 doesn't mean it can't work. I
would rather
figure out why its not working as is, as it was before. I
already
updated
to
IE 8, and that did not work. So what is going to do for me to
update to
IE9.
I would like it to work with what I have, just because an update
comes
out
doesn't mean it's the latest and greatest thing.
So if you have any suggestions to why it is now not working,
please
share.
Marsha
-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf
Of Joshua Lester
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 11:01 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] JAWS question, please help
IE 8, is obselete.
IE 9 just came out.
Get it, and see what happens.
Also, Jaws 13 should be out, if I'm not mistaken.
If that doesn't work, let me know, and I'll contact Freedom
Scientific.
I'll E-mail them, so I don't have to deal with that
unprofessional hold
music.
Blessings, Joshua
On 9/24/11, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
I am using JAWS 12. And I have Internet Explorer 8. when I go
to a
webpage,
Jaws does not read the page. I know its there, as I can use my
other
curser
modes, and it will read the page. But when in the PC mode, it
reads
nothing.
Seems that this just happened a few days ago, before all was
fine. I
originally had IE 7, so updated thinking that was the issue. I
have
installed all the windows updates, including all the jaws
updates.
Nothing
has seemed to work. This is very baffling to me.
Please help!
Marsha
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