Hello Bill and All -

Like you, I would very much like to see access to the Control-Alt-Delete
dialog.  I have been pushing heavily for this for a long time.  What i am
told is that when you're screen reader has the stability and other
advantages of being true 32 bit (as JFW does), this is a very complicated
and time consuming problem to solve.  This would take a great deal of time
away from development in other, very important areas.  That does not mean
that a solution will not be found, only that it must be prioritized among
all the very important work HJ is doing, work that gives us all superior
access to as many as possible of the applications we need.  Being able to
use Control-Alt-Delete to install applications with better stability
doesn't buy you a lot if you can't access those applications efficiently
once they are installed.  Since I am not truly on staff at HJ (as you
mistakenly said on another list) but merely write manuals for them on a fee
basis, I am not privy to all the developments here.  I do suspect something
will happen to solve this problem in the not too distant future.  You may
count on me continuing to needle them until it does.  (That's another
advantage of not being on staff.  I can say what I want and be an advocate
for the users' best interests.)  Let's all keep pushing for this feature.
Knowing HJ, when it does finally come, it may come in a form better than
the other screen readers have.

As for your comments about access to I.E 5.01 not buying a lot over earlier
I.E. versions, I guess I disagree with that.  I find I can access many more
sites and work much more efficiently than with I.E. 3.  Like you, I do not
believe that Internet access is everything, but better access certainly is
a benefit.  And it is important to support the latest browsers because
older ones are incapable of dealing with the latest web site content tricks
that web designers love to use.

As for Access 32, I cannot comment on this because I do not use it.  I know
other beta testers do, but I strongly dislike this synthesizer to the point
where I never use it.  This should not come as a surprise to anybody since
I've said it before.  I'll have to leave comments about this product to
others.

Finally, the points you made in your message strongly reinforce what I was
saying.  That is, the Windows landscape is changing so rapidly that it
takes enormous resources on the part of any screen reader company to keep
up.  What with Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Java, etc, not to
mention all of the curves application developers keep throwing at us, no
company can possibly tackle every problem simultaneously.  That's what I
said in my note, and that's essentially what you're saying as well when you
said your other screen reader had Braille 2 access but wasn't as good as
JFW in other areas.  Well, it took a little time, but now JFW has both of
these things.  Progress takes time, but when HJ is involved, you can be
sure you will have progress.  It's your job and the job of other users to
keep insisting, politely but forcefully, on getting the features you want.
But let's keep a little perspective.  Nobody, not even HJ, can do
everything at once.

Best regards,
Ken
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