Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "GUI Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Access-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:16 AM > Subject: Fwd: Heads up: Norton Antivirus/Norton Internet Security 2007 > incompatible with Jaws. > > >> >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>From: Aaron Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>Hello, >>>As a long time user of Symantec products, I am saddened to inform >>>everyone >>>that the new Norton 2007 products are no longer compatible with Jaws. >>>After purchasing Norton Internet Security 2007, and performing extensive >>>testing on it, >>>I've determined the following. >>>* A blind person is unable to activate the product without sighted >>>assistance. >>>if Jaws is loaded, the Activation program immediately quits, rather than >>>displaying its dialogs. >>>This happens during the setup process, and causes your installation to be >>>left in an unusable state. >>>Fixing this requires sighted assistance to get through the activation >>>process, at which time the product (mostly) repairs itself. >>>* Once the product is installed, configuration is exceedingly difficult. >>>The software is completely inaccessible from the keyboard, >>>Unlike it previous versions the interface does not appear to take >>>advantage of the Windows built in html rendering facilities, instead >>>using >>>its own rendering method. >>>All configuration must be done with the jaws cursor, and Jaws's ability >>>to >>>see things like buttons is eratic at best. >>>(admittedly, it may be possible to improve this via the use of a tool >>>like >>>Hotspot clicker, but getting to a state where you could would require >>>heavy sighted intevention, >>>and its questionable as to whether it would be worth it.) >>>* When the product tries to alert with Jaws loaded (at least on my >>>machine), it instead blue screens and reboots. >>>I tested this with the standard antivirus test. Eicar? (not sure on the >>>spelling), >>>which is a harmless .com file intended to do nothing but trigger >>>antivirus >>>products. (all products use this as a standard, "hello world" test.) >>> >>>The combination of the three above points leads me to believe that >>>ongoing >>>persistance with this product would prove fruitless. >>>(Note: while I did not perform testing with Window Eyes, it has been my >>>experience in the past that >>>WE has been less effective at accessing the Norton interfaces when they >>>were accessible, so I have no reason to believe, and hence no inclination >>>to try it, that the situation with 2007 would be any better, in fact, I >>>suspect it would be dramaticly worse). >>> >>>This message is a heads up to advise others not to buy the Norton 2007 >>>products. >>>if you are a Norton user, stick with 2006, as that is, at least, >>>accessible. >>>If not, then it looks like its now time to find a new package >>>(Microsoft's >>>OneCare is looking good at this point). >>> >>>Regards >>>Aaron >> >> Regards Steve >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype: steve1963 >> MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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