Hi!
From what some have said about some web sites being harder to navigate
with older versions of JAWS, I have decided not to uninstall JAWS 18, it
just won't be my primary screen reader. I also have NVDA installed for
those few programs, mostly games written with BGT, that don't play well
with any version of JAWS. There are also parts of some web sites that
don't work right with JAWS, for those too I'll switch to NVDA. I don't
like NVDA as much as I like JAWS, but it does get me around those few
things that JAWS won't do.
Later...
On 5/25/2017 6:17 PM, John Fitzgerald wrote:
Hi,
Your plan sounds good to me, as long as it works for you. I have a win 7
machine running JAWS 15 and have no plans to upgrade in the hopes of missing
all the headaches with versions 17 and 18. And like you when my win 7 machine
dies I will probably wind up with a win 10 machine, so for now I'm just trying
to keep what little bit of hair I have left.
John Fitzgerald
Muse, Oklahoma
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From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Gene Warner
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 2:26 PM
To: JAWS Users
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Downgrading to JAWS 16
Hi everyone!
Back in 2013, when I was finally declared legally blind and had to switch from
Zoom Text to JAWS, JAWS was at version 15.
As I recall, other than having to learn it on my own because the Lighthouse
here is a bad joke, there were few, if any problems I had with it, it just
worked. JAWS 16 was pretty much the same but with the addition of the very
useful command search function.
Then came JAWS 17 with the apparent almost complete rewrite of the engine.
From there it seemed like every time I turned around I was running into
another misfunction of JAWS. Version 18, when it came out wasn't much better.
So, after long thought, as well as fighting an apparently recalcitrant
version of JAWS, I've finally decided to install version 16 to see how it
compares to version 18. If it works as well as my memory of it recalls, I will
eventually uninstall JAWS 18, and consider not maintaining my SMA anymore.
Besides my dissatisfaction with versions 17 and 18, it seems like most of the
enhancements are for Windows 10 and have no effect on my Windows 7 system
which I have no plans to upgrade.
If things do change for the better in the future, I can always reestablish a
new SMA.
I'm just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this idea or has already
preceded me in downgrading back to version 16.
Thanks!
Later...
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