Hi all.
Read this and go lol.
Aparently it can be done
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06/how_to_win_monopoly_in_21_seco.html
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Hi Shaun,
thanks for sharing this. Definitely quite interesting. The odds of
this ever happening in someone's life time are slim to none, but its
nice to know the game can be played and won so quickly if lady luck
happens to shine on the player at just the right time.
Cheers!
On 8/13/14, shaun
to me to not see it in
operation.
All the best,
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To: gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 8:19 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] monopoly in 21 seconds
Hi all.
Read this and go lol.
Aparently it can be done
http
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To: gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 2:19 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] monopoly in 21 seconds
Hi all.
Read this and go lol.
Aparently it can be done
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/06
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] monopoly in 21 seconds
I find this not very likely. Here's why: When player 1 landed on Illinois
Avenue, it should have been bought. Not only is it the most expensive of
that group, but there is a card that tells a player to go directly to it.
This increases the odds
13, 2014 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] monopoly in 21 seconds
But being smart about your playing wasn't the idea behind this game; its
the *fastest* not smartest way to win that's being put forward.
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To: Gamers Discussion
Hi Dark,
Yes, Boardwalk and Park Place are the dark blue squares. Boardwalk is
right next to go and is the most expensive property on the board.
Cheers!
On 8/13/14, dark d...@xgam.org wrote:
Lol, the amusing point is player 2 can't even get out of that scenario, if
the fates decide that way
Hi Charles,
Agreed, but the point was the fastest game possible. Not necessarily
the smartest decisions when playing or what would be a good over all
strategy for a typical Monopoly game. The only goal being put forth by
the people in the article was seeing how fast they could finish a
Monopoly
: [Audyssey] monopoly in 21 seconds
Hi Charles,
Agreed, but the point was the fastest game possible. Not necessarily
the smartest decisions when playing or what would be a good over all
strategy for a typical Monopoly game. The only goal being put forth by
the people in the article was seeing how
??
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To: Steve Cullen Gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly Freezing up
Hi Steve
Hi Steve,
I'm sorry to hear that my Monopoly game is freezing up. It is not doing that
here. I am not sure what to say. But I did just happen to play a game against
the computer last night. It did not go well for me.
Jim player number 1. on North Carolina Avenue. Select
Roll Dice
You
: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly Freezing up
Hi Steve,
I'm sorry to hear that my Monopoly game is freezing up. It is not doing
that here. I am not sure what to say. But I did just happen to play a
game against the computer last night. It did not go well for me.
Jim player number 1. on North
Hi Everyone,
I am having trouble Playing Jim Kitchens monopoly. Everytime I play against
the computer. The Game Freezes up. I don't think it's the actual game but
the voice freezes up. I am using a windows 7 computer. Any help would be
appreciated thank you all very much.
Regards,
Steve Cullen
Hi Tom.
that is unfortunately true, though one interesting fact in beatemup terms is
that for everyone the casual beatemup is sort of a thing of the past. After
all when I was growing up it was quite possible to walk into an arcade or a
friends house and pick up something like mortal combat,
itself not the interface.
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Sent: 10 December 2013 13:32
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly-type games - Re: Some practical questions
reguarding the Monopoly game
Hi Tom
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly-type games - Re: Some practical questions
reguarding the Monopoly game
Hi Tom.
that is unfortunately true, though one interesting fact in beatemup terms is
that for everyone the casual
Hi Dark:
Exactly. Although, Wii Sports is arguable. I have played Wii Sports
with little difficulty so that game at least is arguably more
accessible than most games, but I take your point about most pick up
and play games are non-staarters if you are blind.
On 12/10/13, dark d...@xgam.org
Hi Shaun:
Interesting. That sounds like it was real fun. I haven't had anything
like that lately either.
However, it goes back to what I said earlier on the list. It all
depends on the people you know and hang with. Some people really love
board games, others are into video games, and some don't
Well Darren, for sighted users beatemups don't have a complex interface in
terms of understanding what is going on. The problem tends to come in terms
of multiple block types, innumerable moves some of which counter others,
super moves, earning some bonuses from how you play that give you other
Fair enough Tom.
I admit while I've briefly played a couple of the Wii sports games it's not
something I've done as frequently or know as much about as I do beatemups so
my assessment on the complexities of picking the thing up and playing
without sight might be off.
Beware the Grue!
Ark.
using their ears.
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- Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly-type games - Re: Some practical
Well mar-dy have not been forthcoming with codes as of late but on a
more serious issue, though the game does run on my win7 machine in
admin mode I do get errors with html modules and game does not run right.
I wish I knew before I spent the cash on it.
At 03:47 AM 12/5/2013, you wrote:
One
Hi Dark,
Well, you are absolutely right it all depends on the group in question
and the game at hand. I have never had the fortune of meeting anyone
in my area would sit down with me and play a game of Jim Kitchen's
Life or Monopoly, but I have been able to find some people who will
sit down and
Well speaking of memmories tom, I was on holiday about 4 years back
with several friends.
At nights we would have monopoly tourniments lasting the entire holiday.
Games would go from 6 till midnight and beyond.
One day we got oup late due to one of such games having meals at
weird times only
Hi Charles:
I had a similar experience growing up. For many years my mom, some
family friends, and I would have game nights every Friday or Saturday
night where we would play one card or board game well into the night.
Especially during the winter when it was too cold to do anything
outside. We
Hi tom.
while I agree that card and board games do have value as games to play with
others, at the same time computer games can have a similar feeling provided
you have a group of like minded individuals together and provided the game
is one that several people can have fun with rather than
.
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Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly-type games - Re: Some practical
questionsreguarding
One computer game that has been referred to as sort of like Monopoly on
steroids is Mississippi.
Tom: You are absolutely right about the importance of board games when it
comes to human interaction. We used to do a lot of summer vacationing on
the Colorado river. Pinochle cards, a tactual
Hi Curt,
One time I was on the phone and a friend used a rather long wav file for his
token. It worked just fine. Each turn took forever, but it worked. So as far
as I know there is no size limit for the token sound files. They do need to be
standard wav files though. You know, no mp3,
Hi I did a monopoly token. Can it not be over a certain linkth? I
tried it and when it played it only played once and, the game freezes.
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Hi,
I have put a new file up on my site.
File name; winpolyx.exe File size; 1.2m bytes.
In version 10 of Monopoly you choose a sound for your token.
And the game now creates a monopolylog.txt file.
The winpolyx.exe file can be found on my free windows sapi5 text to speech
games page.
Have
Hi Phil,
Just wanted to thank you for so many of the Monopoly token sound files.
BTW You can add and share if you wish more token sound files. Just name the
files monopolytoken*.wav. Such as monopolytokenHorse.wav
Thanks again.
BFN
Jim
Kitchen's Inc, for games that are up to 110
To: Gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:25 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi,
I have put a new file up on my site.
File name; winpolyx.exe File size; 1.2m bytes.
In version 10 of Monopoly you choose a sound for your token.
And the game now creates a monopolylog.txt file
Hi Thomas,
Thank you very much for the information. I really never looked into it, but
was wondering. Thanks.
BFN
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Hi Jim,
No, it wouldn't. Older versions of Jaws worked differently than
current versions of Jaws. As of Jaws 8.0, I believe it was, Freedom
Hi Thomas,
That is very cool that Quentin has written a rapper to the screen readers and
sapi5. What I was actually wondering was, if I use that rapper, or write my
own code, would it work with all versions of Jaws, all versions of Window Eyes,
all versions of Hal etc. Really just wondering
Hi Rishi,
Thank you very much. I will keep your offer in mind.
BFN
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Also jim, If you want, I can help with all the sounds as well for your games
free of charge since your games are free of charge for the blind.
Rishi D Mack
Skype: zmackrishi
Email: cg...@live.com
Hi Phil,
I can only use standard wav files. That is all that DirectX 8.1 can play.
With a 0.175 time limit we are not going to get much of a train, dog, car or
whatever sound are we?
Thanks
BFN
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Hi Jim,
That Monopoly game was released in 1996, and sound
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Well sapi is fine but it can be general crap if you don't have a
highquality voice.
Ofcause that may not be in your budjet to get one.
The only reason I have a high quality realspeak is that a friend
gave me his jaws8 8 cd he didn't want.
Else I would
Hi Rishi,
No, sorry, but my text to speech games all only use the sapi5 text to speech
engine. When I started writing the games I had no idea how to write directly
to Jaws, Window Eyes, Hal or NVDA. So I just went with the sapi5 speech engine
to make the games self voicing. Well actually
Hi Phil,
Cool, I'm glad to hear that you now have my monopoly game working correctly.
Thanks for letting me know.
I will think about it, but I remember that when your monopoly game had a sound
for each of the tokens it took a long time for some of the tokens to move.
That is why I just
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To: Phil Vlasak Gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hi Phil,
Cool, I'm glad to hear that you now have my monopoly game working
correctly. Thanks for letting me know.
I
...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Phil Vlasak
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 6:33 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hi Jim,
That Monopoly game was released in 1996, and sound modifying was not what it
is today with pitch shifting and compression of sounds.
I would
, 2012 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hi Phil,
I don't know, I put monopoly version 9 out in December of 2008. It did
then and still does list and allow me to choose the board to play. Maybe
some new setting in Windows does not allow a program to explore the
folder, or maybe
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hi Jim,
I just played your Monopoly game for the first time in a long time.
I remember you saying that you had to remove the list of boards from the
game but I thought you planned to add that feature in a future version.
As your board
Hello Rishi,
All of Jim's games output spoken feedback using Microsoft Sapi so you
don't need Jaws or any other screen reader to play.
Cheers!
On 12/2/12, rishi mack cg...@live.com wrote:
Hi, can this also work with jaws? if so what do I need.
Rishi D Mack
Skype: zmackrishi
Email:
Hi Jim,
The only thing I can come up with to account for this behavior would
be Microsoft User Account Control. Beginning with Vista onwards
Microsoft has changed the security restrictions on certain directories
such as C:\Program Files and while the option to explore directories
still exists it
...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:13 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hello Rishi,
All of Jim's games output spoken feedback using Microsoft Sapi so you
don't need Jaws or any other screen reader to play.
Cheers
mack cg...@live.com
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Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
I don't mean to be rude or bash sapi. but I don't like it that much. so
that's why I ask if it can be worked with jaws. or some way to implement
Email: cg...@live.com
Feel free to contact me anytime :)
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From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:13 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hello Rishi,
All of Jim's
To: Gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 3:59 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hi,
I have put a new file up on my site.
File name winpoly9.exe File size 705k
The file can be found on my free windows sapi5 text to speech games page.
In Monopoly version 9 the board files
: [Audyssey] Monopoly version 9
Hi,
I have put a new file up on my site.
File name winpoly9.exe File size 705k
The file can be found on my free windows sapi5 text to speech games page.
In Monopoly version 9 the board files now contain things like the tokens,
the currency and other squares
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
Well, yes and no. Certainly I think UI Automation, the improved Sapi
voices, improved speech recognition in the Windows 8 consumor beta are
good things However, the new user interface is so
Hi Shaun,
Well, I agree that something like UI Automation is way over do, but it
doesn't do any good to spend time on should've, could've, or would'ive
because the fact of the matter is the technology is here now and we
should be glad its coming. Plus you must remember that these are
Hi Thomas,
I have a question.
I also read a test report for the latest version of Windows 8. It was made
by a sighted user and he called the new desktop and start menu Metro.
Windows 8 apparently has two versions of Internet Explorer and Metro has its
own app store like Apple has.
But I also
Hi Michael,
Well, one of the major reasons why Windows comes with Narrator, Mac OS
with Voiceover, and Linux with Orca has to do with Section 508. In 2001
the U.S. American Disabilities Act, ADA, was amended so that all
software purchased by or used by the U.S. government had to meet certain
I aggree tom.
On that note and before this topic gets old as it will do sooner or
later, and going completely off topic for a second, I have a rather
largeish concern with the metro system.
gwmicro was doing a podcast on windoweyes on win8 and it looked like
one of the most unwieldy
Hi Tom.
Interesting about section 5.08. As I've said before disabled access is
always something I think the us government, along with other countries
like Scandinavia and the netherlands does far better than the Uk, sinse I've
found nothing about software access in any of the British
Hi Dark,
Grin. I think you hit the nail on the head so to speak. Your friend and
I are quite a lot alike because that's actually one of the reasons why I
became interested in programming. I get a satisfaction from being given
a task, and then trying to create that piece of software from
Hi Dark,
Lol! Sorry, so far no dice. The copy of the consumer beta of Windows 8 I
have here does not let you customize the interface too much. Right now
what you see is what you get.
Its kind of funny but if you listen to the GW Micro podcast of Windows 8
and Window-Eyes someone in the
Hi Tom.
that's bad news in my book. I'm afraid I strongly disagree on your statement
of a blind user getting used to the way sighted users do things for purpose
of accessibility simply on the basis of the deffinition of access.
It would be possible for a paraplegic to get out of his/her
Dark,
While equal effort access might be a laudable ideal goal, don't
forget that all companies are subject to economies of scale, and that
blind users are a very small percentage. It's going to cost less per
user to focus on the 99% non-blind users than the 1% blind, and
there's pretty much
Hi Denis.
that makes distinct economic sense, however remember when we're dealing with
disability we've gone beyond the realms of economics. As Tom said earlier,
thanks to Us law, access has to be a component in governmental systems.
So long as you have a belief that there is a principle
This might be the case, but why should be the new interface be better than
the old one?
I have seen a lot of XP computers where sighted people were working at a
time before Windows 7 and not everyone of said sighted persons found the new
start menu of XP better than the old one.
I also heard
Ok and how about MAC OS?
Now you told us how you think about Windows and Linux.
But where is MAC OS placed in this picture?
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I have another question.
If TTS is good for us and other business people who want to get something
read to them, why can't I buy loquendo voices in an online store (regardless
of the price), or several other voices like the Scansoft products?
OK, nextup.com offers Scansoft voices for TextAloud
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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Tom.
that's bad news in my book. I'm afraid I strongly disagree on your
statement of a blind user getting used to the way sighted users do things
for purpose of accessibility simply
Hi Dennis,
right. I think what is hard for people who are not in business, who are
not programmers, etc to understand is that older products like XP are no
longer making Microsoft money. They released it in 2001 and was selling
it up until 2010 or so. After a certain point they sold as many
Hi Shaun,
That's correct. Windows 8 now uses UI Automation which has drastically
improved accessibility and has pretty much done away with the video
intercept drivers we've seen on prior versions of Windows. So access is
actually improving under Windows 8 not getting less accessible.
Hi Shaun,
Hard to say, but the audio games industry will probably have to change
just like everything else. I can't say when, but the way hand-held
devices like the iPhones and Droid phones are selling we could do well,
as audio gamers, to think about targeting those devices as more and more
Hi Michael,
Actually, we are very close to the full voice input and voice output
type system you are talking about. For the last few Windows versions
Microsoft has included speech recognition software as well as the
Narrator screen reader. From what I've seen of the Windows 8 versions
Hi Michael,
Simple. by adopting a universal interface, universal look and feel, a
developer will reduce complexity and the time it takes to learn the
software. The Basic principle behind the new user interfaces is that if
a customer learns an interface and a developer of a different product
Hi Dark,
Alright, but here is where your argument actually falls apart. If you
want to talk about access on Windows 8 I can say access has actually
improved. There are a number of areas where access has actually
increased and not decreased in Windows, and is well worth noting.
First, UI
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From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
Well, like I've said before there isn't much use in upgrading if it
doesn't offer
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
Alright, but here is where your argument actually falls apart. If you want
to talk about access on Windows 8 I can say access has actually
Hi Dark,
Sure. Again, it comes down to personal preference. Sometimes the
benefits to upgrading aren't always that obvious or seem all that
important at the time.
For example, when Windows 7 came out I really wondered myself if I
should invest in the upgrade. After all, I had a Compaq that
Hi tom.
That makes sense, and if the choice was vista vs 7 i'd probably agree,
however for me it's the compatibility issue that is the thing.
For instance, While I've tried both windows live mail, microsoft outlook and
thunderbird, nothing I thought was as good as outlook express.
yes,
What I never got was the reason why screen readers had to use all the stuff
like video intercept and got so little result in using it.
If I can clone my graphics card virtually and the screen reader is
controlling the clone, then why does a screen reader need external OCR to
handle letters?
If the desktop computer is not the all in one package, why do I hear people
saying that the IPhone or other mobile devices are the all in one package,
when it is obviously not true?
And, if consoles like the play station 3 are running their own operating
system with internet access and such,
the Grue!
Dark.
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From: Michael Gauler michael.gau...@gmx.de
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
If the desktop computer is not the all in one package, why do I hear
people saying
Hi Dark,
I am not familiar with MAC OS or IOS.
But what I last heard was that you need to run MAC OS to compile IOS apps.
I am not sure if that's still the case, but that was what I last heard.
And the question about operating system access is not only about blind
users.
Somewhere I once read
Hi Michael,
Yes, to develop games and apps for iOS devices you need a Mac with
XCode and the iOS SDK. That's why its so hard to develop for iOS
because its closed to non-Apple users and developers.
As far as the PS 3 its actually built using a modified Linux
distribution. Thit uses a Linux
Hi Dark,
Smile. Well, that's true enough. We do come at this entire issue from
different perspectives,and makes sense when we look at the reasons why
or how we use our computers.
You tend to look at this situation strictly as a consumer, an end user,
who only cares about playing his
well it looks at least from the gwmicro win8 podcast that ms is
intigrating all this internally for screen readers which in my view
should have done already!!
Msaa was ok but it only did ms spaciffic controls as far as I understand it.
Sapi was speech, intercepters were needed so the readers
I think there will always be a space for a desk computer, or at least
a computer on a desk, or a portable laptop type of system with full
keyboard of some description.
Maybe the desktop will be on the wall and most of our stuff will be
touch or voice like startrek but even in startrek they had
Hi Michael,
Its really quite simple. Attempting to support more than one platform or
technology requires lots of time, money, and isn't easy to do. Even
though languages and technologies such as Java and Python have been
developed to help aid in cross-platform development there is no one
Ok, let's think about this the other way around:
Then if it is not in the companies interest to make DVD players or other
devices accessible due to financial reasons, why does Windows have Narrator
and Mac got VoiceOver included into the operating systems?
If it is (theoretically) not a good
Hi Tom.
this makes perfect sense, and indeed is also the reason why I have never
investigated mac or lynux in further detail, simply because, while I know
there are probably technical advantages to either os, those advantages don't
matter a bit to me if they won't help me do what I do, part
Hi Dark,
Well, yes and no. Certainly I think UI Automation, the improved Sapi
voices, improved speech recognition in the Windows 8 consumor beta are
good things However, the new user interface is so radically different
from XP, Vista, Windows 7, etc that a lot of blind Windows users,
Hi michael.
firstly some stats and corrections.
for your information while Usa games, gma, bsc, draconis, blind adrenalin
and 7-128 are located in the usa, blastbay is based in sweedan, as was the
old terraformers project, Vip gameszone is based in israil, audiogames.net
is run from the
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
Well, yes and no. Certainly I think UI Automation, the improved Sapi
voices, improved speech recognition in the Windows 8 consumor beta are
good things However, the new user
Hi Dark,
As far as Windows Explorer goes I haven't experienced the issue you
described. Its true that Windows Explorer is different, has buttons all
over the place, etc but that's not effected me using it in the way you
described. I'm wondering if this is a screen reader issue as I'm using
Hi,
Same here. I set Windows Explorer to list view, turn on file extentions,
and turn off the status bar and everything seems to work fine after that.
On 3/12/2012 4:26 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
Windows explorer works fine for me, with either jaws or NVDA, and only
thing is I don't bother
Something is nice with the details view of W7 explorer: you can use left
and right arrow to see the size, type, modification date, etc. of a file.
Of course turning extensions always on is the first thing to do with a
new windows, even since 98.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
As far as Windows Explorer goes I haven't experienced the issue you
described. Its true that Windows Explorer is different, has
Hi Dark,
Yes, unfortunately all the buttons etc are a part of the new interface.
I've used Vista and now Windows 7 so have had time to get use to them,
but I didn't care too much for the new version of Explorer either when I
first encountered it under Vista. However, I have at least managed
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
Yes, unfortunately all the buttons etc are a part of the new interface.
I've used Vista and now Windows 7 so have had time to get use to them, but
I didn't
Hi Dark,
Well, I think you know the answer to that already. Microsoft is out to
make money, and in order to stay competitive they have to follow
whatever trends are popular in the technology market.
Since tablets, smart phones, PDAs, and other handheld devices have
become the rave over
As far as touch goes your right its showing more and more. Even vista
has some touch screen stuff. The only hold back is monitors, not many
have it but that will be changing too.
At 08:31 AM 3/13/2012, you wrote:
Hi Dark,
Well, I think you know the answer to that already. Microsoft is out
change.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
- Original Message -
From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
Hi Dark,
Well, I think you know the answer to that already. Microsoft
: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly
I agree tom, prophiteering capitalist scumbags run things unfortunately.
Myself however I disagree with your philosophy of get it and get used
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