If you need another reason to dump Norton, here it is. Regards.
Max. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karyn Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:43 AM Subject: [bits] FW: [acb-l] Fwd: Heads up: Norton Antivirus/Norton Internet Security 2007 incompatible with Screen Readers -----Original Message----- From: Christopher McMillan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [acb-l] Fwd: Heads up: Norton Antivirus/Norton Internet Security 2007 incompatible with Screen Readers 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.6/453 - Release Date: 9/20/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.6/453 - Release Date: 9/20/2006 ************************************************************ Join the MMS program of ACB and help improve tomorrow today in ACB. Contact Dr. Ron Milliman, MMS Program Committee Chair, by e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone at 270-782-9325 and get started making tomorrow look brighter today! * ACB-L is maintained and brought to you as a service * * of the American Council of the Blind. * -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bits is the Email list for members of Blind Information Technology Specialists. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.acb.org/bits/ Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
