Sorry about that I was just getting frustrated because if you look at Brian's last two emails there's nothing about jaws in them it's just his ranting on about why XP is good and why Windows 7 is good so I don't want to meet the thread because sometimes there's good jams the point I was trying to make is please keep down your rambling to make stuff pertinent specifically Brian
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > I’d like to respectfully disagree: JAWS for Windows, when viewed from various > angles, is a collection of data and code, hence it will behave like any piece > of software installed on any operating system. Without proper support from an > operating system such as Windows 7 and 10, JAWS would not have existed. For > many blind folks out there, affording latest and greatest isn’t practical, > hence the statement about reliance on XP and 7. > Nor I think we should act like we have highest authority: I think given the > nature of this thread and the fact that not many people know how to use > Groups.IO account to manage certain things, asking people to mute threads > (spoken in a way that gives possibly wrong impressions) might not be a good > idea. Therefore, I think we should leave it up to James (our chief) to deal > with this. > Cheers, > Joseph > > From: Shan Noyes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 7:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New to the group > > This is a jaws users list let's please try to stay on topic thank you > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 26, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Brian Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 05:20 am, Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) <[email protected]> > wrote: > XP was—having a loyal user base that will stick until the bitter end. > And for people who actually did that, I want them to recall precisely how > bitter that end probably was when they had to make the leap. > > I know a number of people still using WinXP, but I also know that most wisely > avoid doing anything online (e.g., online banking or the like) where the > security compromises involved are huge. It's gotten to the point where most > providers of sensitive web functions like online banking will block you from > using them if your browser does not comply with current security standards, > and nothing that runs on WinXP that I know of these days does. > > I have never, ever, been a bleeding edge adopter of anything. I always give > a shake out period of several months to up to a year or so. But I also have > never, ever been someone who thinks that clinging to the bitter end works out > well, either, for reasons I've already stated in a prior message. > > Brian > >
