Good evening Peter: Over the last several years, we have seen a lot of news about some exceedingly security-conscious organizations, e.g. US Government, being hacked into. So, I do not believe that anything is "perfectly" safe; but, I do believe that I am better off when I keep personal information very close to home. In my view, no "cloud" is hacker-proof.
This feature may be seen by many as a good idea; but, I strongly believe that users should be given the choice of where their JAWS settings are saved! This kind of stuff is just too important to put out into an ethernet cloud - public, or private! If I do not have an internet signal, what will happen? Will I just have to wait until my signal returns before I can use JAWS again. And, what happens if JAWS access is needed in an emergency? In short, there MUST be a "fail-safe" way to access JAWS settings when desired/required! To be honest, finding a way to keep the Merge Utility would seem to be a more "current" problem to resolve, rather than "where" JAWS settings are stored. It still confounds me that it would be left out in JAWS 17; but, I am only a "user". For years, I have considered JAWS to be about the best screen reader, despite its various problems. However, my perception of how Version 17 has been planned, and especially regarding how much it appears that this version was just not very-well thought out, is causing second thoughts on my part. Perhaps, I'm a dinosaur; but, I bet that other JAWS users have the same concern that I have expressed. Frankly, I want to KEEP my privacy as long as I can, and I also would prefer that control of my "necessary" aids be left in MY hands. It is my hope that FS will keep these concerns in mind when going forward. For instance, are there any plans to "re-introduce" the Merge Utility in an upcoming "update" to Version 17? And, despite your confidence in "cloud storage" of JAWS settings, might there be some thought to giving users that "fail-safe" of which I wrote? That's all for now. Thanks for listening. Jim H -----Original Message----- From: Peter Donahue [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2015 5:51 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Jaws and the Cloud, was Re: Jfw Digest, Vol 54, Issue 7 Good afternoon, There are public and private clouds. FS would obviously use a private cloud to address privacy concerns. We use a number of cloud applications and have not had issues with our privacy being compromized or our devices being hacked. Being able to have JAWS reload user settings and configurations from the cloud would be a welcome feature in a future version. Peter Donahue Jim Hamilton via Jfw wrote: > Sorry folks! My overriding concern is "privacy", of which there is NONE in > the cloud! And, it's yet more information available "out there" for anyone, > with the skills, to find about me, or anyone else! > > OK; so, I'm a technical dinosaur; bbut, I'm not alone. > > Jim H > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Moore [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 5:22 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Jaws and the Cloud, was Re: Jfw Digest, Vol 54, Issue 7 > > Hi all, > Having all settings, scripts, and all changes we make to JAWS stored in the > cloud excites me a lot. If FS created a service for us to do this, We would > never lose our settings and our own scripts ever again. I agree. Bring it > on. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Donahue via Jfw > Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 5:09 PM > To: The Jaws for Windows support list. > Cc: Peter Donahue > Subject: Re: Jaws and the Cloud, was Re: Jfw Digest, Vol 54, Issue 7 > > Hello everyone, > > For some having JAWS store your user settings in the cloud is big. > I have made this suggestion to FS for some time and would like to see it > become a reality. Your authorization code would be stored with your user > settings allowing JAWS to retrieve information such as saved settings > whenever you upgrade to a new version or install and authorize it on > another device. Bring it on FS! > > Peter Donahue > > > > Soronel Haetir via Jfw wrote: >> The only possible benefit I could see of allowing jaws to save >> settings to the cloud is if they loosen the licensing system so that >> it is easier for a single user to use many devices. >> >> On 11/6/15, Jim Hamilton via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >>> For one, I will continue to ignore requests to store "anything" in the >>> cloud! There is already far too much information out there, online, >>> about >>> myself, and don't want any additional windows into my life. If FS has >>> this >>> in mind for saving/changing our JAWS settings, I will strongly protest. >>> Of >>> course, before protesting, I will wait to see what happens. >>> >>> Jim H >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 12:19 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Jfw Digest, Vol 54, Issue 7 >>> >>> Send Jfw mailing list submissions to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Jfw digest..." >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
