I just received word that Skype 4.2 has just come out of beta. I can therefore say this now, and hopefully more later.
There have been a number of differences among Skype 4.2 beta versions that affected JAWS and the Skype scripts. As has sometimes happened before, I did not manage to figure out which version would be released ahead of time, though this time it was mostly because I didn't get to it in time. The 4.2 release does not currently work very well with the scripts. The biggest reason is that Skype 4.2 consolidates the contact list, conversation list, and history into one window internally. This does not change what things look like much, but it does prevent the scripts from having a way to identify which "window" is active as they did before. This change also means that, when you're in the conversation list or history, the scripts will have no way to find out what contacts are online in your contact list, because the contact list is no longer available when it is not visible. The effect is that Ctrl+Shift+O and the various commands for listing online, away, etc., contacts will no longer work in Skype 4.2. I must stress that this is not an accessibility problem, because we were accessing things that weren't accessible to sighted people. :) It is admittedly an inconvenience, but an inevitable one. So for now, I recommend that JAWS users stick with Skype 4.1. I will address the scripting issues in 4.2 as soon as I can. -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "It's not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six." --John W. Gardner and Francesca Gardner Reese 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 To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
