For quite a while now I haven't been able to reliably make use of what
we used to call the Window-eyes mouse keys. To any Ai Squared personnel
reading this who may have no idea what I'm talking about, here's what's
up. In previous iterations of Window-eyes, using the keyboard (the
numpad in particular) it was possible to work with the physical mouse
pointer to read by several granularity types I.E pixuls, characters,
words, clips, lines, Etc.. Now, the "ding" of Windows, wherein the
system lets you know audibly that, "I don't know what you're trying to
do but you're not doing it right" has become all too familiar, and far
too common. For me at least, mouse commands don't work right in either
Mozilla's Thunderbird, or Firefox applications. With numlock turned off,
insert+left arrow, ding. Insert+right arrow, ding. The eight key on the
numpad, ding. The two key on the numpad, ding. Insert+numpad five, ding.
Grrrr! What the heck! Dang it! I feel your frustration fellow
Window-eyes warriors, trust me I do. I would however like to point out
something I've noticed, which leads me to believe that it may, perhaps,
not be Ai Squared's falt. You see, with regard to the problems I just
mentioned struggling with on literally a daily basis, I have experienced
the exact, and I do mean the exact, same phenomena using both
Window-eyes 8.4, and now Window-eyes 9.0. Also, to elaborate a bit
further, for a time I was using Window-eyes 8.4 professional on a
Windows Xp pro, service pack three machine, and I am now using
Window-eyes 9.0 on a different, physically separate, Windows seven home
premium machine. Nevertheless, I continue to experience the same sort of
frustrations. Based on what I've just told you though, can you see what
I mean about it may, perhaps, not be Ai Squared's falt? Two different
machines, two different operating systems, two different versions of
Window-eyes, but the same dang annoying behavior? What in the world? Do
you suppose it could have something to do with the overall methodology
that Mozilla uses when designing, or at least when coding, their apps?
Ai Squared, Most of the applications that the Mozilla foundation
supports and puts their name and stamp of approval on are aledgedly a
lot more open source than competing apps. So, shouldn't that (in theory
at least) make it simpler for Window-eyes to communicate bidirectionally
with Mozilla's apps? Or, could it be that the problem is perhaps more
deeply rooted? Could it somehow be connected to something having to do
with a microsoft subsystem? What's the deal guys, by which I mean Ai
Squared, are you willing to at least take a gander at what you think
could be causing this? I have, so come on. Step up. Speak out. Let your
opinion be known. It's a free country after all, so don't be scared,
don't be bashful, don't be shy, what's up? What can you tell us? How
about you friends, by which I mean my fellow users of Window-eyes, what
say you?
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Respectfully submitted,
Brandon Dean Miller
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