Overall it seems more stable as far as being an initial beta than other upgrades. No real major issues to speak of so far. I am however noticing some things, such as:
1. For whatever reason, in Google Reader via IE8, Jaws does feel a bit sluggish and unresponsive at times. Silence, slow to respond to commands, randomly being placed on other parts of the page, having to tab or shift tab to get focus back, etc. I dont find this to be the case when in Firefox though. It doesnt stop me from getting around Google Reader all together, but it is affecting my navigation. I dont have this amount of trouble when using JFW 11 and IE8. 2. Again, in Google Reader, but this time from within Firefox, when clickin on a particular subscription feed or by doing a simple search from within the overall page and navegating down the various entries using the h key for headings, Jaws will read a bunch of garbled link text instead of that particular heading title. Ive found that when going in reverse, (shift+h instead of just h) Jaws reads the entry titles perfectly fine. This isnt an issue in IE8 at all. I had reported this glitch in prior releases, but its still present in version 12. 3. Jaws seems to have a lot of trouble with Firefox webpages that have a lot of links. When encountering a page with hundreds either by visiting a blog posting with hundreds of responces or if Im searching for an item to buy and want all results shown on one page or again, if Im in Google Reader and press the navigation button to have all my subscriptions appear (I have over 240 rss feeds for example(, JFW will become quite unresponsive and at times crash on me. Many times I almost have to step away from my machine since Jaws wont even speak if I do an alt+tab to go to another app. This is especially an issue for me as I help my wife with her eBay store and when going into the sellers page, it takes forever for Jaws to talk. That is if Im in fact lucky and JFW doesnt crash all together. I dont have this problem in IE8. I really started noticing this issue with JFW 11 and still with version 12. 4. I had reported a problem when upgrading from JFW 10 to 11 with all the information in my e-mails through Outlook 2003 (from, subject, date etc) being spoken twice when arrowing up and down the list view. I was able to reproduce this problem with the escalations department (Inquiry Number: 197907), but never got a solution to it. The same problem is present in version 12. I like the way how the configuration manager has been cleaned up and Firefox feels generally crisper than in versions past. Google Voice seems to be a lot cleaner through Mozilla than with IE. Not too easy if at all when trying to make calls through the gmail page itself though. I I appreciate the request for feedback and hope my comments have helped in some way. Thanks, Cris -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Eric Damery Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:47 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] How is JAWS 12 Public Beta working out for users? Hello List, I'm curious to hear feedback on JAWS 12 so far from those of you who have installed it. Regards, Eric For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/