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On 17/12/2009 16:54, K. Washington wrote:
Hi,
I've never been one to get on MS about updates they've made to Windows,
but the cosmetic changes they've made to Windows 7 makes it awful
difficult to navigate through using JAWS 11.0.746.
First my trusty old Startmenu has been completely changed. Even in prior
versions of Windows (XP, Vista), they had a Classic mode to change the
Startmenu back to the way you're used to, they've completely done away
with that in Windows 7.
The Windows Explorer Treeview and Listview structures has been replaced
with a left and right Treeview type of navigation. Very confusing to
know where you are using JAWS.
Even the control panel has hidden the most used icons deep within parent
icons, so you now spend 5 to 10 minutes trying to find something that
used to take 10 seconds.
After a fresh install of Windows 7, the only icon on the desktop is the
"Recycle Bin." You have to actually go through some special menu to tell
Windows 7 to put the icons for "Computer, Network, Control Panel" back
on the desktop.
They've even messed with the system tray. Remember when you first
installed a new application and it happened to minimize itself to the
system tray? You were able to use JAWS [Insert]+[F11] key combination to
see it there. Now to have JAWS see the system tray icon for that
application, you have to first go through a special menu to tell Windows
7 to "Show Icon and Notifications" in the system tray for it. Just plan
awful!
I've been using Windows for over 10 years and now I'm supposed to take
special classes to learn it all over again to use Windows 7?
I hate Windows 7! Boy, I'm ready to re-install Windows Vista.
Now if I'm missing the boat here and there is a mailing list dedicated
to visually impaired users of Windows 7, please share subscription info.
Maybe I'm missing some tweaks or something that will make this OS more
speech friendly to JAWS 11.0.746. I'll be willing to buy a 3rd party
application, if it's able to bring back some familiarity to Windows 7.
Don't mean to rant here, but the purpose of updates are to make an
application faster, more easier for the end-user to use. Well MS did the
complete opposite with Windows 7.
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