Dave: Very enlightening! For some reason, I never got around to, nor frankly considered, uninstalling previous versions of JAWS, and this may have proven to be "far-sighted" after all. I think that I may adopt your 3 most-recent version strategy myself. However, once someone moves to Windows 10, previous JAWS versions will not work - from what I gather.
However, it may be a while before I upgrade to Windows 10. So, for now, are there some applications that typically misbehave with the latest JAWS offering? Or, as with many things, it is pretty much a hit or miss situation? Thanks. Jim H -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson via Jfw Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:02 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Carlson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Jim, As to previous versions -- simply because the current install is running fine, it does not mean that it will run so with all applications. I occasionally run JAWS 15 when JAWS 16 is misbehaving in a particular program. I delete versions older than 3 major revisions back, just to keep things simpler. And I still have all the executables for last revisions of all major versions going back to 3.5. Of course that's just my anal-retentive nature at work, having sufficient hard disk space to justify that level of insanity. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hamilton via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> Cc: "Jim Hamilton" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 09:30 AM Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? Don't mean to be "smart"; but, why would you want to use previous versions of JAWS if you have the latest version running successfully. I'm sure that there is a really good reason for it! :) :) Jim H -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john.falter via Jfw Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:19 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> Cc: john.falter <[email protected]> Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? What I lose is the ability to use previous versions of JAWS. On 8/9/2015 8:21 PM, Gary King via Jfw wrote: > The free feed is to lure the deer into the killing ground. I don't > think the free Windows 10 upgrade offer is quite that sinister > though. Just good old Microsoft's way of trying to keep it's dominant > position. > > Gary King > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Spratt via Jfw" > <[email protected]> > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Cc: "Adrian Spratt" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 10:06 AM > Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? > > >> Are you saying Win10 smells? Hard to make out the meaning of this, >> um, adage. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel >> McBride via Jfw >> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 10:05 AM >> To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' >> Cc: Daniel McBride >> Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? >> >> As I pointed out earlier, a deer gets free feed at his local deer stand >> feeder. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian >> Spratt >> via Jfw >> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 11:05 PM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Cc: Adrian Spratt >> 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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