My job requires me to use Skype on a regular basis and I do nothave any problems with it. I run the Skype scripts because it makes moving quickly in Skype much easier.
On 6/20/15, Robin Frost via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > My goodness all of this excitement. I'm running the latest build of the > program with JFW 16 and though some things have changed all is going just > fine. I was able to explore various options, send a chat message to someone > > and even see where to initiate a call should I have wished to do so and all > > of that even without being sure I'm running the latest Skype scripts from > Doug. > Deep cleansing breaths and reasonable thought processes are a good thing. > Happy Saturday one and all. > Robin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Marquette via Jfw > Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 5:40 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Ed Marquette > Subject: You need to update Skype. NOT! > > I have never been a big fan of Skype, but the new features in > Skype, as advertised in an email message I received having a > subject line similar to the above, made it tempting. > > So, I read further. Apparently, the old Skype will no longer be > supported. > > Being one always willing to jump for the bleeding edge, I gave it > a try. In fairness, I didn't try to work with it for very long, > but this has to rank right up there with the most inaccessible > products I've seen on the market in the last decade. The thing > brings up a list of options that one can read, but none of them > works. Even worse, Skype hangs around and cannot be removed even > with Alt-F4. I almost entitled this message, "Is Skype really a > virus?" Fortunately, after going to the Control Panel, it was > fairly easy to get rid of the thing. Now, my computer is working > normally, but I really thought I had inadvertently introduced a > virus to my computer (Windows 8.1). I'm using JAWS 16. > > So, except for those with some sight (probably quite a bit) and > those with psychological needs to inflict punishment upon > themselves, I would recommend to people that they bypass the > tempting advertisements in the Skype email message that is likely > to appear in your Inbox soon - if it has not appeared already. > > > > Sent from my Yoga IdeaPad > > I. Edward Marquette > > Universal Phone: 408.692.5640 > > > > Mobile: 816.812.0088 > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150620/e3c0f516/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > -- Marianne Denning, TVI, MA Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired (513) 607-6053 _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
