I like the idea of a long-term platform, but always beware of updates. Talk about FS breaking one thing in order to fix another, the same goes for the OS, only worse!
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee via Jfw Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 12:14 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Joseph Lee Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Hi, There will be no service packs as in the past. Continuous refinements will be the norm from now on, which are good thing and a bad thing. Virtual desktops (called Task View) are a way to group running apps together into workspaces. In other words, you can open multiple desktops with apps for different purposes opened in each desktop. By default, when you install Windows 10 and with multiple desktops opened, pressing Alt+TAB will cycle among apps on the current desktop (go to Settings/System/Multitasking to change this behavior). This isn't the same as having two or more user accounts (I for one use two user accounts and switch between them for various purposes). Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 9:05 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> Cc: Adrian Spratt <[email protected]> Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Windows 10 won't be free after a year. I believe the 2020 date refers to the end up MS support. But for now, as Brad says, who has the time? I'm waiting for the first service pack (MS always comes out with one) and FS's first rounds of fixes, all of which I expect will appear within the year. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill White via Jfw Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 11:49 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Bill White Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? What you gain is that, in 2020, when you finally decide to upgrade, Windows10 won't be free anymore. Bill White [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Martin via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Cc: "Brad Martin" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 7:03 PM Subject: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? > Hi, > > I've been following all this Windows 10 stuff with great interest, and > I just have a question (with a lot of background first): > > So FS says you shouldn't use Edge, you should use Firefox or IE. (I'm > doing that now in Windows 7.) You can't use the built in mail program; > you should use something like Thunderbird or Outlook. (I'm doing that > now in Windows 7.) And you should use Adobe Reader for PDF documents. > (I'm doing that now in Windows 7.) Reviews I've read all seem to > indicate that Cortana is iffy at best. > > So why should I upgrade again? I'm not being smart; I'd really like to > know if I'm going to gain anything other than having a new operating > system that I have to use in the same old ways. The only benefit I can > see is that Windows 10 will be supported beyond January of 2020, where > Windows > 7 will not. Am I overlooking some wonderful new feature that should > cause me to want to hurry and upgrade? Or does the old saying, "If it > ain't broke, don't fix it," apply here? I'd really honestly like to > know if JAWS users in particular are finding anything beneficial in > the upgrade, or if it's just something fun to do to your functioning > computer to see if it will still function. > > P.S. 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