Now this is why I hang around this list. I've never been a hard-core early adopter and have often been grateful for it; this is starting to be one of those times. Even if I get a copy, I see no reason to do it now.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Portillo via Jfw Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 11:46 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Jim Portillo Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Oh, I still have my good working Windows machine. I upgraded another one I used when I had to fix my normal working machine. I totally understand, Brad! -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Martin via Jfw Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 7:58 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Brad Martin Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Thanks for that. I'm not sure I see the usefulness in that. If I wanted to have separate somethings, I'd just create a second user account so I could have separate documents folders, downloads, etc. Still not convinced I need this. I may buy a cheap refurb so I can play with Windows 10 when I get bored, but as far as working my good Windows 7 machine over as an experiment? "Ain't nobody got time for that." LOL. Brad On 8/8/2015 9:46 PM, Michal Nowicki via Jfw wrote: > Brad, > > One other feature Windows 10 introduces is virtual desktops. I have > not yet > tried it out, but if I understand correctly, you could, for instance, > have separate desktops for work and personal data. I guess this > feature is intended to help users become and stay organized. I don't > know, however, if > it is accessible. > > Michal > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad > Martin via Jfw > Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 9:04 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> > Cc: Brad Martin <[email protected]> > 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. Anybody on this list from Louisiana and thinking Cortana, as in mall? > -- > Brad Martin > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> My Facebook page where > I post online shopping coupons and deals: > facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> > My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201508 > 08/8183d0e8/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Brad Martin [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> My Facebook page where I post online shopping coupons and deals: facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201508 08/5445238b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
