I upgraded to Windows 10, and I don't plan to roll back to 8.1 because for the most part, it works well for me.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of j Bron via Jfw Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 7:35 AM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' <[email protected]> Cc: j Bron <[email protected]> Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? When I first read about windows 10 being a free download for a time it was exciting. Right now I think I'll stick with windows 7 until all the kinks are worked out. Judith -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Martin via Jfw Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 2:17 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Brad Martin Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? What's worse, if you have Windows 10 Home, you won't be able to delay the "updates" until JAWS figures out what to do with them. Ready or not, here they come. Windows 10 Pro users will be able to delay updates to a point, unspecified is how long you'll be able to delay them. I just read that tonight. Fun fun fun. Brad On 8/8/2015 11:42 PM, Adrian Spratt via Jfw wrote: > Joseph, > > I understand your point about continuous refinements, but the first refinements will amount to a service pack even if not given that name. I'll be content to wait. I assume the "bad" part you refer to is that from time to time, a "refinement" may disrupt accessibility because screenreader developers may find it hard to keep up. I agree. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph > Lee via Jfw > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 12:14 AM > To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' > Cc: Joseph Lee > Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? > > Hi, > There will be no service packs as in the past. Continuous refinements > will be the norm from now on, which are good thing and a bad thing. > Virtual desktops (called Task View) are a way to group running apps > together into workspaces. In other words, you can open multiple > desktops with apps for different purposes opened in each desktop. By > default, when you install Windows 10 and with multiple desktops > opened, pressing Alt+TAB will cycle among apps on the current desktop > (go to Settings/System/Multitasking to change this behavior). This > isn't the same as having two or more user accounts (I for one use two > user accounts and switch between them for various purposes). > Cheers, > Joseph > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian > Spratt via Jfw > Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 9:05 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> > Cc: Adrian Spratt <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? > > Windows 10 won't be free after a year. I believe the 2020 date refers > to the end up MS support. But for now, as Brad says, who has the time? > I'm waiting for the first service pack (MS always comes out with one) > and FS's first rounds of fixes, all of which I expect will appear > within the year. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill > White via Jfw > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 11:49 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Bill White > Subject: Re: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? > > What you gain is that, in 2020, when you finally decide to upgrade, > Windows10 won't be free anymore. > Bill White [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Martin via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> > Cc: "Brad Martin" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 7:03 PM > Subject: What do I gain with Windows 10 as a blind person? > > >> Hi, >> >> I've been following all this Windows 10 stuff with great interest, >> and I just have a question (with a lot of background first): >> >> So FS says you shouldn't use Edge, you should use Firefox or IE. (I'm >> doing that now in Windows 7.) You can't use the built in mail >> program; you should use something like Thunderbird or Outlook. (I'm >> doing that now in Windows 7.) And you should use Adobe Reader for PDF documents. >> (I'm doing that now in Windows 7.) Reviews I've read all seem to >> indicate that Cortana is iffy at best. >> >> So why should I upgrade again? I'm not being smart; I'd really like >> to know if I'm going to gain anything other than having a new >> operating system that I have to use in the same old ways. The only >> benefit I can see is that Windows 10 will be supported beyond January >> of 2020, where Windows >> 7 will not. Am I overlooking some wonderful new feature that should >> cause me to want to hurry and upgrade? Or does the old saying, "If it >> ain't broke, don't fix it," apply here? I'd really honestly like to >> know if JAWS users in particular are finding anything beneficial in >> the upgrade, or if it's just something fun to do to your functioning >> computer to see if it will still function. >> >> P.S. 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