Well, Victor, I'll have to examine this tomorrow. I have company right now,so I'll look into it in the afternoon.
Thanks. Arianna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] .rar files > Hi Arianna, > > I have never tried 7Zip, so I can't speak to it's ability, but from what I > hear from members of the various lists I'm on, it works really well with > Jaws, and is just as simple as WinZip. > > I have always had WinZip and WinRAR installed on my computer, so I've > never > bothered to use 7Zip. > > As for using the other two programs, I can't say what part of it is not > accessible. > > Both programs are integrated into the operating system shell, so if you > right click on any file, ZIP or RAR, in the applications menu, you have > the > options for WinZip and WinRAR. You can unzip the files, or zip them up, > using that same menu, no muss, no fuss. > > Once Done, you can open the files, just like looking at them through an > open > window on your drive. > > The difference between WinZip and WinRAR is that WinRAR has two dots at > the > top of every window you view files from. Those familiar with DOS would > know > that entering on those two dots takes you back a directory. That brings > me > to the next major difference with WinZip and WinRAR. In WinZip, you can > view the files in the zip archive, but you can't tell if they are in > folders, or all separated, whereas, in WinRAR, you actually see that there > are folders within the archive, and you can enter and go back through them > like you were going through your My Documents folder. This is a very > annoying problem, as I tend to create the folder, just in case the files > are > not in their own folders, cut and paste the archives into the newly > created > folder, then press the applications key, followed by the letter Z, and I > arrow down to extract here. This essentially tells the program that you > want the files extracted to the same directory you just copied the file > into. > > Well, as is often the case, the files are in their own folder, so a newly > created folder has just been extracted from the archive, which I have to > go > into, to cut and paste the files into the original folder I created, then > I > have to delete the newly created archive folder, and the original ZIP > archive. Like I said, it's a pain in the buttocks. Smile. > > Suffice it to say, I know, when looking at the contents of a RAR archive, > whether the files are in their own folder or not. > > Now, granted, I have never played, or had the patience to change any > settings in WinZip, to know if there is a way to change this view, but I > may > have to, as WinZip 11 has the ability to extract and create RAR files, > it's > quite another thing to have two programs on my computer where I only need > one. > > Anyway, I think it would benefit other list members if you reported back > on > how accessible the program is with your particular screen reader or > magnifier, and how easy or hard it was for you to use. > > As David has both programs on his website, I would imagine that they are > fairly accessible with Jaws, if that is what you use, but if you use > Window > Eyes, it may be even more so, or less accessible. In any case, let us > know. > Hope this helps you. > > Victor > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
