Cool man. Like I said. It's your choice in the end, and yeah, I guess if there are things that don't work then yeah that is something to be carefull of. Like Open Book for instance. Come to think of it, Magic is another example. It don't work. I guess that the lay out thing didn't really bother me as much as it did others. That's fine I guess. I guess my main theme should have been try it out for your self and see what you think. Take a win 8 PC out for a spin in other words. But I guess you said you'll stick with Win 7 though. That's fine. I was just saying it's fine, win 8 is fine that is, and it was good of you to ask. It would have been even cooler if you could try it out which I don't know if you have. Paull Thurott guesses that Win 9 will be more metro like then Win 8 already is. But who knows. We'll just have to weight and see.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:51 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 14 with Windows 8 Certainly, Win 8 is useable by Jaws 14 etc. I guess I'm an old fuddy-duddy, comments like what is below don't seem to be very helpful. Here are some considerations to bear in mind: 1. Win 8 layout is completely different from earlier versions. I do AT training, and there are several people who have upgraded to Win 8 and subsequently had their systems rolled back to Win 7. Yes, there are workarounds like classic shell etc. but the Win 8 experience is if not quite radically different, it is certainly a lot more unique that previous upgrades. Second, you may not have support for some of your programs in Win 8, I don't know if Openbook has released a patch to work in Win 8 yet, for example. If you are getting a new computer, then there are some nice advantages with Win 8 including Safeboot. But, since there are so many sighted users unhappy with Win 8, for my money, I'm sticking with Win 7 which will be supported for another seven years, and I'll await a more user-friendly Windows 9 which will probably be out sooner than later. I think Win 8 is Microsoft's latest equivalent of Windows ME and Vista, as Herman and His Hermits would say "A Must to Avoid!" Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. Steve Lansing, MI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hamit Campos" <hamitcam...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 1:05 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 14 with Windows 8 > I'd say go ahead and go for windows 8. It works just fine for me. It's not > hard to use it's just people don't like to work hard. I'm like that to > some > times to be honest. So I'm not really bashingthem. See what is hard wal > what > was kind of for me was that things aren;'t all where you know them to be. > Some things work differently too. So yeah, it's not all that bad. The > start > screen, it's like a table. So, yeah. It's your choice in the end, but I > would go for it if it were me. You're very wize to ask how it works. I > applaud you. One shouldn't just fall for the it's hard to use with a > screen > reader thing so easily. One should ask "Oh is it r4eally?" Then you will > see > for your self. What others call hard maybe a peace of cake for you. Who > knows? > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Scott Duck > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:42 AM > To: Jaws List > Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 14 with Windows 8 > > Hello Everyone, > > I am about to purchase a new laptop. I am trying to decide rather to go > ahead and get a Windows 8 machine or try to find one with Windows 7. I am > using JAWS 14, which does work with Windows 8. However, I have been told > by > some that Windows 8 is difficult to use with a screen reader. I am > curious > as to what kind of experience that list members have had using JAWS with > Windows 8. > > Thanks, > > Scott Duck > > 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/ 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/
