Hi Butch: So long as the things you do work in XP why change? In XP you are more and more limited in what will work concerning modern technoligies but If 10-15 year old technicals are all you need then I agree, don't throw your greenies at something just because it is the latest and greatest. That said, 90 percent of people are no longer using XP and that number is going down every day so fewer and fewer companies are developing against that platform. DOS, WMI and other low-level usage isnt dead for Windows but it is becoming more and more irrelevant like VbScript. My Brother In Law uses XP, my old machine, and is quite happy using it but then he is sighted, works in chrome and other Google related software so not required to use a screen reader so things work pretty well for the siimple things he does. He is having some problems with WebSites using html5 and newertechnicals but chrome halps handle them pretty well even in XP from what he tells me. Since we cant use these types of programs really well in XP these technicals, including recent releases of Firefox, are becoming problematic. Also, MS has stopped supporting VbScript in their browsers and I believe it is on the way out even though used even by some MS scriptors. Anyway, just a heads up for you going forward. Knowing is half the battle and not knowing, and worse, not knowing that you don't know, is by far the worst of all possible worlds. Rick USA
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+ofbgmail=mi.rr....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Butch Bussen via Talk Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:43 PM To: net bat; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: trying to decide if I should migrate to window-eyes 9 because Istill have windows xp oh goodie!!!!! Another "dos is dead" message. I hadn't seen that one in quite a while. I still have machines I run dos on and there are programs I run on those that windows can't touch or do. Xp isn't supported, but it still works for much of what I do and that is really all that matters. I'm going to run something in dos for a while while you have another glass of that microsoft cool aid. I may go fire up my apple 2 e just to remind me of the days when computing was really fun and stuff was written to talk and it talked well. I haven't even come close to finding a program as cool as file-talk for windows machines. 73 Butch WA0VJR Node 3148 Wallace, ks. On Wed, 4 Mar 2015, net bat via Talk wrote: > give windows 8.1 a chance. it only took me a few weeks to learn the ropes. > i will never go back to xp. compared to windows 7 and 8.1 it is a dead > dinasore. > just like dos is dead. > you will find fewer and fewer new periphials or software that will support > xp. the stuf you find in most big box stores is old, discontinued > periphials. like the new printer i bought. it was new, but 3 year old > discontinued tecnology. > move on. everything and everyone is going to apps and windows 8.1 and 10 are > the only windows versions that will support this tecnology. > as for wineyes, i hope i squared is working on fixing all the problems they > created with the w e 9 re write. > they have rendered firefox useless. it hangs both firefox and w e every time > i want to open the bookmark list. it keeps repeating every other line of text > it finds on web pages. i can not get the food prices on the shop.safeway.com > site anymore. > i have no problems with any of the above useing nvda. > i don't like i e 11. unlike firefox i can not do a search for links i have > saved in the favorites list. this is what i use the most when looking for > things i have saved for later. > > -----Original Message----- From: Smith, Veronica via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 9:35 AM > To: Ted Larson ; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Subject: RE: trying to decide if I should migrate to window-eyes 9 because > Istill have windows xp > > Honestly, if I had been smart, I would of stayed with XP and WE 8.4. that, > in my opinion, was the best set up and I hardly had a problem. Now, I have > WE 9.0 and Office 2010 and a new computer and am so sorry I changed. > Veronica > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+veronica.smith=aps....@lists.window-eyes.com] > On Behalf Of Ted Larson via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 9:06 PM > To: t...@window-eyes.com > Subject: trying to decide if I should migrate to window-eyes 9 because I > still have windows xp > > Dear List, especially XP users: > Until I can get a newer computer, I am still using Windows XP. I realize it > has not been tested for Window-eyes nine. Those who are still using windows > XP, have you stayed with window-eyes 8.4 or have you taken a chance with > version nine. Your answers will help me decide whether to wait or upgrade to > the newest window-eyes. Thanks for your experiences regarding this. 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