You are dead on here. Every layer of code you subject a system to is going to have it's share of ups and downs. In the case of window-eyes scripts, the stability of the script relies on the stability of the com automation server running on your computer.
It's also important to note that the people writing most of the published scripts, or apps if you will, most of us are end users with the resources of end users. so, Our programming skills may range from "learning to program by writing window-eyes scripts" to "been a programer for 25 years and write scripts in my sleep". Never-the-less, we won't have 20 or 30 different windows configurations to test on. We wrote a script and used it for a couple of weeks just fine on our system. We might have even beta'ed the thing and 5 or 10 brave souls helped us with feedback and error reports. Still, there's only so much one guy can do and you want to get the script out there at some point. There's a lot going on behind the seens to make it all work, and it's not really surprising that if you install 50 or 100 scripts for day to day use, you start to see decreases in overall stability. Even one script can hickup and spoil your day occasionally, although it should be very occasionally Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-06-16, at 7:49 AM, Cory Martin wrote: > This might be just a speculation on my part, but is it possible that some > of these fansy apps we use as add-ons cause Window Eyes itself to become > unstable? The selling point always has been "rock solid performance", > however I'll point out a couple situations where it hasn't been. > The first of course is my experiences with the web, I won't get in to that > here. The second was a couple times yesterday, I'd had some audio playing > with my favorite player (Winamp Pro), and in that situation, the screen saver > came on while it was playing. When I tried to take the system off the screen > saver and use the computer, I had no speech. On an inspiration I removed the > app for Winamp which I'd installed. While being extremely well done and > making Winamp very nice to use, for the main features of Winamp it isn't > strictly necessary, and I haven't had a problem since, though it hasn't been > that long so it probably isn't fair to assume that the Winamp app was the > problem. Complicated apps I could see potentially might cause sluggishness > in Window Eyes especially if those apps are forcing it to try to pull > something off the screen Etc. Would a third party app like say Winamps app > cause problems with browsing the web? Am I on the right track here? > Cory > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
