Hi.
Thanks first to the excellent individual who wrote me
privately re: colors and resolutions. I wish I could post that message,but
invite that person to do so.The point was so well made.
As new programs require the higher
resolutions. there is a period of time where our software must adapt so we
can use them. Also, regarding resolutions, there have been 2 postings stating
that Word 8 does not work for them currently at a certain
resolution.
I have an S3Trio video card; Word 8
works for me in 640 by 480, but there areproblems with that resolution in other
situations.
Also regarding colors, there has
been a posting saying that Quicken 99 does not work in 256 colors.What do you do
when Quicken 98 sells out and you have to use the 99 version?
I had to find out the hard way that
I had to use 640 by 480 to get anything out of IE 4.01 and had to
experiment with colors. As a new user, it took weeks of trial and error,
resetting and failing and retrying again.
I would summarize those who might be
affected by the resolution and color issue with JAWS in to a few groups listed
below.
1. An unspecified number of users of Word 8 and
Quicken 99.
2. New users of IE 4.01 who haven't figured it
out yet--(Yes, new users join this list ever day).
3. In a small business environment where sighted people
also use the computer and tend to dislike 640 by 480 resolution.
4. In the home user environment where sighted family
members gripe about 6 by 4 in terms of their reading--particularly in
games.
5. Large print users who use JAWS. The resolution 640
by 480 plays havoc with large print programs.Eight people have written the list
about that since November 98.Five others have said same to me-who are not
on this list.The 6 by 4 influences the magnifying effect.
6. General market for JAWS + large print... More JAWS
users means more money for product development..There are speech programs that
work easily in 800 by 600 resolution (which would solve the above
issues).But JAWS is excellent but "seems to" favor the 640 by
480 resolution..
The exchange of info on helpful viedo cards and any
other positive solutions would be greatly appreciated.Best wishes for
1999!
