Well, Orlando. I agree, and, disagree with you. JAWS can be customized to fit a user's needs, and, The default keyboard layout --unmodified--has some awkward keystrokes. Unless a JAWS user is willing or able to customize the keyboard layout into something that is better suited to their intuitive sense, they are likely to share Olusegun's point of view.
I hasten to add that the Window-Eyes default keyboard layout had what I had always considered to be bizarre keystrokes. A lot of useful hot key combinations were, in my opinion, needlessly piled onto the num pad. I, of course fixed those, as I fixed the awkward JAWS keys. Take care, Lou N. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+fenderwal=sbcglobal....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Orlando Enrique Fiol via Talk Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 2:28 PM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Cc: Orlando Enrique Fiol Subject: RE: New to the list, saying hello At 09:39 AM 2/20/2021, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, wrote: >Like you, I MISS WINDOW-EYES >beyond words. Jaws and its awkward keystroke combinations send shivers over >and above my spines, yet it remains the ONLY DOMINANT GAME in town; While I deplore Vispero's strong arm bullying tactics to annihilate the competition and make JAWS virtually the only game in town, JAWS's hotkeys are far from awkward. Unlike Window-eyes, which has no consistent modifier, the JAWS modifier is insert. If you use the laptop layout, you can also use the caps-lock key as a modifier, which effectively allows you a modifier for each hand. Furthermore, every single JAWS hotkey is customizable; you can even define multiple hotkeys for the same functions, especially if you use both caps-lock and the extended insert as modifiers. I learned this the hard way, thinking that all JAWS hotkeys could be executed with either modifier. Turns out, you have to define a new hotkey or the same function if you want to use another modifier. All in all, there's nothing awkward or unwieldy about this keyboard architecture. Orlando Enrique Fiol Charlotte, North Carolina Professional Pianist/Keyboardist, Percussionist and Pedagogue Ph.D. in Music theory University of Pennsylvania: November, 2018 Home: (980) 585-1516 Mobile: (267) 971-7090 _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/fenderwal%40sb cglobal.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
