Well why doesn't hj make a jaws for unix


At 07:55 PM 11/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>There is no JAWS for UNIX.  Some people use JFW with a terminal emulator
>connected to a UNIX system but JAWS itself will not run natively on any of
>the UNIX varients.
>
>There are quite a number of pretty good tools for blind UNIX users out there
>and most are available for free.  If you are interested in this topic, I
>recommend checking out the blinux web page and mailing list (I think there's
>a link to it from the Red Hat site).
>
>cdh
>
>Chris Hofstader
>Development Manager
>Henter-Joyce, Inc.
>(727) 803-8000
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pawel Loba
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 6:29 PM
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: Opportunists are Lerking
>
>
>O yeah! Tell me how to install JAWS on unix platform then?
>Thanks.
>
>Pawel
>
>On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Lim, Michael C wrote:
>
>> It works perfectly well with Unix!
>>
>> Michael, the Infamous Chinaman!
>>
>>              -----Original Message-----
>>              From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>              Sent:   Thursday, 18 November 1999 3:21
>>              To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>              Subject:        Re: Opportunists are Lerking
>>
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>>              Hi all:
>>              Can jaws not be used with unix?
>>              Thanks!
>>
>>              Karim Lakhani NWS Deskside
>>              EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>              (780) 412-9744
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>>              Jason Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/16/99 10:14:36 PM
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>>              Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>              To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>              cc:
>>              Subject:  Re: Opportunists are Lerking
>>
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>>
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>>                   This is kinda of off subject... but I still think hj needs to make
>a
>>              jaws
>>              for unix
>>
>>
>>              Jason
>>
>>              At 10:00 PM 11/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>              >Hello Dennis and JFW listers.
>>              >
>>              >    Dennis, fors ome time now, I have wanted to spend some time
>composing
>>              >mucht he same letter you just sent.
>>              >
>>              >Quote:
>>              >Give me a detailed script/function reference manual, and a question
>>              answered
>>              >now and then, and I'm a fat happy camper, off in my little
>script-filled
>>              >world!
>>              >
>>              >
>>              >I, too, believe that the primary quality of JFW lies in the program's
>>              >scripting language, a fact that is obviously clear to HJ since user
>macros
>>              >have been an essential component of their platform since the very
>>              beginning.
>>              >    I, also, am dismayed by the fact that, the immense power of the
>>              scripting
>>              >language notwithstanding, HJ has, for some inscrutable reason, chosen
>to
>>              >keep its trump card in a dark corner.  While the script manual,
>produced
>>              by
>>              > contract some time ago, helped immensely, especially for beginners,
>there
>>              >remains serious deficiencies in documentation with respect to some of
>the
>>              >more complex functions available in the scripting language.  Moreover,
>and
>>              >a very serious drawback, I think, some of the functions, detailed as
>fully
>>              >operational in the scanty documentation that does exist, simply do not
>>              >work.  As a programmer, delighted with the flexibility and power the
>>              >scripting language gives me, I share your frustration in having so
>little
>>              >documentation of use to advanced script writers.  Although one must
>>              >acknowledge that large, productive companies like Henter-Joyce must
>>              >establish priorities that coinside with marketing demands, one would
>hope
>>              >that, in future releases, the company will recognize the true 
>potential
>of
>>              >the strongest tool available in any screen navigation program
>available,
>>              >the scripting language that allows we users to gain access to
>applications
>>              >that foresee only mice scurrying across busy screens.
>>              >
>>              >Respectfully,
>>              >
>>              >
>>              >Jerry
>>              >
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