Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Michael, While I take your point just keep in mind here Microsoft's aim of Windows 7 was to make the operating system more stable, streamline the install, and basically remove a bunch of extra apps and components they felt were unecessary. That's why a lot of older apps were removed from the

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
Hi trouble. Hmmm this is quite lively. In responce to the touch issue, as long as we can get a keyboard of sorts on a system I am all for touch, maybe have speech rec to. Ofcause the fact with apple that you have different chalenges is something to think about though I have heard users touch

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi ?Charles, Well, let me answer your question with a question. How do you expect them to make money if they don't continually release upgrades? It sounds to me like your

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
sound, we need drivers with everything, though now ms have generic drivers you think they would have loaded those for the installs now. At 05:01 p.m. 12/12/2011 +0100, you wrote: Hi Thomas, I personally are also not against new technologies or new features in future Windows operating systems

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Trouble
How do you expect to use the hardware, and incase you didn't know. All versions of ops need drivers to run the hardware. At 04:25 AM 12/13/2011, you wrote: sound, we need drivers with everything, though now ms have generic drivers you think they would have loaded those for the installs now.

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Trouble
of the Lord. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi ?Charles, Well, let me answer your

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I am aware of this, but I am seriously questioning some of theese facts. Why do I have to use my web browser for dealing with E-Mails, when I have any Mail application installed, whether it is from MS or someone else. I know a friend and one of her mail accounts was with the German

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Willem Venter
Shaun, you said: We must remember that all the interfaces, reader, etc are kernal based, no doubt we will have other issues with touch. What exactly do you mean by this statement? If I decode this correctly, do you imply that all screen readers need to install hooks into the windows kernel that

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread Hayden Presley
Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Thomas, I personally are also not against new technologies or new features in future Windows operating systems or other programs. But I'd like to adress a few points as well. If a company wants

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-13 Thread shaun everiss
, December 12, 2011 10:01 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi Thomas, I personally are also not against new technologies or new features in future Windows operating systems or other programs. But I'd like to adress

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Subject: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Do they really have to continually upgrade the operating system and programs, making more power hogs, making us buy more powerful computers to do the same tasks we were previously doing but having to use more

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Trouble
The next move for screen readers should be touch. Apple already makes use of this and I use it a lot. i go through twice as much email as i can with jaws and lets not forget moving around on the computer with just my finger and no spoken commands. The games that can be explored by touch are

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Charles Rivard
of danger. It is the presence of the Lord. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, I personally are also not against new technologies or new features in future Windows operating systems or other programs. But I'd like to adress a few points as well. If a company wants to improove their software, then this is often good for all users and not because security might

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Michael Gauler
Hi Thomas, Yes, windows programs get new features and yes, it is up to you to decide if you want to use them or not... But let me ask you something just as an example. Do you know what the difference between Windows Movie Maker and Windows Live Movie Maker is? As far as I am informed the

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-12 Thread Alex Kenny
. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Hi ?Charles, Well, let me answer your

[Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Charles Rivard
Do they really have to continually upgrade the operating system and programs, making more power hogs, making us buy more powerful computers to do the same tasks we were previously doing but having to use more powerful processors and use more of the resources to do those tasks? Why can't they

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Alex Kenny
While money is one motivating factor, one reason you can't just stop once you get a system that works is that, with something as complex as an operating system and the fallibility of programmers, it's almost impossible to get a system that does exactly what you want. Any operating system meant for

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Christopher Bartlett
Of Charles Rivard Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:32 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Do they really have to continually upgrade the operating system and programs, making more power hogs, making us buy more powerful

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Dallas O'Brien
Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf Do they really have to continually upgrade the operating system and programs, making more power hogs, making us buy more powerful computers to do the same tasks we were previously doing but having to use

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread shaun everiss
You can blame the game nuts for that. The sighted like using powerfull games which need that power. As for upgrades all stuff needs to be upgraded, storage hardware, security etc. At 04:32 p.m. 11/12/2011 -0600, you wrote: Do they really have to continually upgrade the operating system and

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Christopher Bartlett
...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of shaun everiss Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 9:21 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf You can blame the game nuts for that. The sighted like using

Re: [Audyssey] my beef about Microsoft - Re: plans for an updated Lone Wolf

2011-12-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi ?Charles, Well, let me answer your question with a question. How do you expect them to make money if they don't continually release upgrades? It sounds to me like your question is along the lines of if it ain't broke don't fix it. While it might seem like you are paying money to do the same