I used Windows 8.1 The Missing Manual by David Pogue. It is jammed packed with information and fully describes both the destop version of Windows 8.1 and the futureistic tile-based interface that was highly criticized initially. The book describes how to navigate both worlds seamlessly by explaining in understandable language and methods the important new concepts.
BTW: I am sticking with Windows 8.1 for now. In the last podcast, Freedom Scientific's lead developer issued a warning to end users about upgrading to Windows 10 now. I accepted this communication with the seriousness intended and will wait for further guidance this fall. Kelly On 7/23/15, Cristóbal via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kelly, > Do you happen to recall the name of the Windows 8.1 book you used? I used a > bunch of BookShare books for Win7 and iOS when I first started to use those > OS's. They were all very helpful. > I’m thinking of upgrading to a Win 8.1 machine in the next few weeks when > all the back to school specials and dumping of 8.1 PC's begins with the > roll > out of Win10 and would like to familiarize myself with it so I don’t' go in > for lack of a better term, blind. > Thanks, > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce > via Jfw > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 3:23 AM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Kelly Pierce > Subject: Re: Optimizing Windows 8 > > Before doing anything more, I strongly suggest upgrading to Windows > 8.1, which is much better for a blind end user than Windows 8. After > that, I used a book about Windows 8.1 found on bookshare to introduce > me to the changes and the options for configuring my system for > Windows 8.1. > > Kelly > > On 7/22/15, Joseph Lee via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> How familiar are you with Windows 7? If you know how to search for > programs >> and files, then Windows 8.x isn't that different from Windows 7. >> To locate programs you've installed, press Windows key to open Start >> screen, >> then provided you are greeted with tiles, press Control+TAB to show all >> programs. >> Cheers, >> Joseph >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claudia via >> Jfw >> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 8:14 PM >> To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' <[email protected]> >> Cc: Claudia <[email protected]> >> Subject: Optimizing Windows 8 >> >> Hi, >> >> I have a new Dell Inspiron computer with Windows 8, and I need to know >> how >> to optimize it. I don't know how to use windows 8, so any help would be >> great. >> Also, wanting to know what I can delete that Dell puts on there, that I >> don't nee. >> I have JFW 16 installed on it and I have no idea how to find any software >> I've installed. >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
