Changes were made to support more screen readers at once without requiring scripts, addons, etc. One such change was to move the metadata like posting time, edit time, delivery status, etc. from the Description MSAA property, which not all screen readers announce, into the Name property, because they all do announce that one. As a result though, the Name property became quite long and, as my audio file explains, no longer machine parsable into its original parts. I don't regard this as a loss of accessibility. It's a loss of a feature I gave JAWS users above and beyond even what sighted users had, so it's a loss of convenience as an expense for better actual accessibility.
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 04:24:26PM -0400, Chipmunks wrote: Thank you for taking the time to reply. I must have missed the explanation tho I did follow the list pretty closely recently. but then I had been using trused skype 3.8 untill a couple of days ago. Just listened to the mp3 and wondering why mickyslop has to take away some accessibility featureswhen hope had been that MS taking over might actually improve things. Thanks much. Doris in Germany At 03:46 PM 8/23/2014, you wrote: >Explained several times in different places, but the short answer is, >no it can no longer be implemented properly and has left the scripts >for that reason. A longer audio explanation appears here: > >http://www.dlee.org/skype/nolists.mp3 > >On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 03:30:29PM -0400, Chipmunks wrote: >I noticed that with the latest skype and the latest scripts the above hotkey >to list visible contacts no longer works. This was one of the hotkeys I used >the most in skype. What is the reason it is not working any longer? can it be >re-implemented. > >I use latest skype with latest scripts on xp. > >Thanks much. > >Doris > >Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > >to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email >[email protected] > >To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to >http://www.dlee.org/skype > > >To contact the list owner send a message to >mailto:[email protected] > >and for a searchable archives page go here. >http://bit.ly/64Y48 > >thanks and have a wonderful day. > >_______________________________________________ >Skypeenglish mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com > >-- >Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org >SSB BART Group [email protected] >http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both >incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by >dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper." --Rod Serling >Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > >to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email >[email protected] > >To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to >http://www.dlee.org/skype > > >To contact the list owner send a message to >mailto:[email protected] > >and for a searchable archives page go here. >http://bit.ly/64Y48 > >thanks and have a wonderful day. > >_______________________________________________ >Skypeenglish mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember forgetting." --Sarah Alawami Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com
