If there are graphic being reported prior to someone's entry in your contact
list that means you have messages pending from that user. click thier name
and then click recieve from the pop up menu.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Geoff Stephens
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 21:42
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: icq and jfw
I am unsure to which graphics you refer. I don't know of any graphics
beside the names in the contact list but maybe my graphic dimensions are set
so I don't know about them. The other buttons in the main icq window do
have tooltips so that makes it pretty easy to label them.
I did make a script to do some things such as deal with the problem when
sending to multiple recipients. The ListBox is abnormal in that the check
marks don't get checked and unchecked as you press the space bar or use
normal selection methods. You have to physically click on the check mark
next to the names. So I fixed it where you can just use the space bar.
I also made it so that you can use the space bar on the names in the contact
list instead of routing the JawsCursor and clicking to get the menu in case
you want to send a file or URL.
I am also experimenting with making a script to read the message and copy it
to the clipboard as it is read. But I am having to rewrite that as my old
method was clunky and I was so unfamiliar with the script language that I
could not do it the proper way.
Most people set a frame around the message area and just read it that way
but I have found that this isn't really the best way as the message area can
change depending on resolution and other things.
I have also created some rather unsophisticated ways of determining whether
one is online with the server or disconnected...n/a and so forth. I wanted
to avoid frames for this so I used the NewTextEvent. It works ok but I have
not gotten around to fixing a problem where it repeats itself if trying to
connect and it takes a while. But this is better than not knowing at all.
I want to do a few more things with the script then I would be willing to
send it to you if no one else has done something better. But whereas most
people love using ICQ without scripts I have never felt it very Jaws
friendly without scripts. Sure, if you are just going to read an incoming
message and do nothing else it is fine. But there are still many other
areas which are a mess such as the manner in which you read old messages or
sent messages.
The one problem which has really been unsolvable for me is how to make the
speech shut up when you do a control+shift+i to read an incoming event. I
absolutely can not make it stop reading the title and the "reply" button. I
don't know where this is triggered. I know it is not in the NewTextEvent as
I have tried turning everything off with no success. I toyed with the idea
of tying the SpeechOff () function to the Control+shift+i script but have
been reluctant to do this. And I don't even know if that would work right
as it might still read when I turned it back on.
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