I am using 3.8. How do I delete the events you mentioned? Rogelio_Terrazas at wowway.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: "screen access software with skype" <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Important! Information on the Skype 4.1"Screen Reader Not Detected" Problem
> Keep in mind that "history" and "conversation list" are two different > things. The History page, which is accessed by Ctrl+8 with scripts > running and Alt+3 otherwise, is what's managed by the Keep History For > option. > > The conversation list, accessed by Ctrl+2 with scripts or Alt+2 > without, is sort of like an inbox. Just as with an inbox, things > never leave that list until you delete them yourself. You will only > see one entry for any one person in that list though. > > A concrete example: I send you a chat line, a voicemail, a call, and > a file, then Joe sends you a file and a chat line. In Skype 3.8, that > would be six events. In Skype 4.1, that would be six History list > entries, but you said not to keep history, so you might not see > anything in that list. But in Skype 4.1, you still will get two, not > six but two, entries in your Conversation list, or Inbox: one for me, > and one for Joe. > > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:42:33PM -0400, jason wrote: >> another problem is deleting history. We should have the ability to >> delete our history if we don't want to keep it. I have my options set to >> never keep history and clear cookies but every time I log on to skype, it >> keeps bringing old conversations up in to my list which those happened a >> week ago. It says that it is supposed to clear history and ookies on >> exit. That is one of the choices in the options menu. I hope there is a >> solution that we can get rid of all of the history, because you can do >> that in 3.8. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> Jason known as Blind Fury >> windowslive contact kb3icc at msn.com >> skype contact kb3icc >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> >> To: <skypeenglish at emissives.com>; <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> >> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:54 PM >> Subject: [Skypeenglish] Important! Information on the Skype 4.1 "Screen >> Reader Not Detected" Problem >> >> >>> I doubt this happens to very many people, but I have already noticed >>> that it has happened to some, and the problem is serious enough in its >>> effects to warrant the "Important!" subject line attention-getter. >>> >>> Note that this only applies to users of Skype 4.1 beta, the one >>> released in May of 2009. If you run Skype 3.8 or Skype 4.0, you >>> should not see the problem discussed below. >>> >>> The following information may apply to you if you have ever been >>> running Skype 4.1 beta, released in May of 2009, and encountered any >>> of the following: >>> >>> 1. Inability to arrow through the contact list, the conversation list, >>> or any other Skype list control. >>> >>> 2. JAWS reading huge volumes of information on arrow keys or tab, >>> such as most or all of one of those lists. >>> >>> 3. Alt+numbers and Alt+arrows in a conversation window saying "Not in >>> a chat window" even though you really are in one. >>> >>> 4. For BX users, BX saying "unknown object" for a great many portions >>> of Skype's interface. >>> >>> Causes of the above problems include doing any of the following >>> things while Skype 4.1 beta is running: >>> >>> 1. Unloading and reloading JAWS. (This may cause the problem but does >>> not always do so.) >>> >>> 2. Changing to a different JAWS version by unloading one and then >>> loading another. >>> >>> 3. Running Microsoft Narrator and then closing it while Skype is >>> still running. >>> >>> 4. Playing with another screen reader and shutting it down while Skype >>> is running. >>> >>> If you never do any of those things, you should never run into this >>> problem. >>> >>> I have written up a detailed description of this issue, including what >>> to do about it if you encounter it, at my web site, >>> >>> http://www.dlee.org/skype/ >>> >>> The direct URL to the information page for this issue is >>> >>> http://www.dlee.org/skype/sr_not_detected.php >>> >>> In summary, the above user actions can cause this Skype 4.1 beta to >>> lose track of the fact that a screen reader is running, which in turn >>> causes it to stop providing all accessibility information until it is >>> restarted. Future Skype 4 releases are expected to improve >>> significantly on this situation. The Skype developers and management >>> are aware of this problem. It escaped notice during the testing of >>> the Skype 4.1 beta release because unloading and reloading a screen >>> reader is not a regular enough occurrence to have come to mind as a >>> necessary part of the testing process, either for them or for me. >>> >>> -- >>> Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org >>> SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com >>> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >>> "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A, as in neighbor >>> and weigh, except for when weird foreign concierges seize neither >>> leisure nor science from the height of society." >>> >>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for >>> the latest version of skype go to >>> http://www.dlee.org/skype >>> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >>> thanks and have a wonderful day. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>> Skypeenglish at emissives.com >>> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> >> >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >> latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> Skypeenglish at emissives.com >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > No one alive is beyond hope; every second of life is a chance. > (08/29/02) > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 090605-0, 06/05/2009 > Tested on: 6/5/2009 11:11:59 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090605-0, 06/05/2009 Tested on: 6/5/2009 11:13:30 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
