Nicole, I think the ability to detect links and have them active is set in IE, Tools/Options/Advanced.
Don't know what to suggest w/r Thunderbird, except explore the Insert+V options when in Thunderbird. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Massey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 01:33 PM Subject: Lurching Along with Windows 7 Hey, folks, Thanks to a failed hard drive (because hardware failures are a matter of when, not if) I've had to jump to a Windows 7 machine running Office 2013 and Jaws 15, and I'm running into some interesting issues that seem not to make any sense. For one thing, I can't get the system to launch web addresses either from the run line, a desktop shortcut, or as a link in Outlook, so I suspect something is not set up right. But my Jaws oriented issue is involving Instantbird. Previously when a new message came from someone I was chatting with the system would read the new text, without reading the entire window, without me having to do anything -- if it was the top window I got the read. Now it's not doing that at all. It's possible this is a legacy of prior installs, as I ran both Trillian and Yahoo Messenger before switching to Instantbird, and I had some Yahoo scripts loaded into Jaws. But that may just be speculation on my part, and something might not be set right. That prior system was running Jaws 12, which also might be a potential source for the issue. I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions moving forward, including issues with downloading things in IE and running intelligent searches, especially in searching the contents of files, not just the file names, but that's for another time. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at [email protected]. -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View This Message (#38105): https://groups.io/g/jfw/message/38105 Mute This Thread: https://groups.io/mt/597256?uid=21656 Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/jfw/editsub?uid=21656 Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/jfw/leave/46502/1292106160/xyzzy Group Home: https://groups.io/g/jfw Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
