Guess i will try to investigate these. Never understood what they were for and when people talk about them, I feel like one of the Peanuts kids. Everything sounds like: "wha, wah wah, wah." No matter how long a use computers, I'm still a dummy.
******************************** www.harmonicaworkshops.com www.woodeneyemusic.com On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:52:21 -0500 Tom Kingston via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Pam, > > User windows are a very powerful feature that are really more or less > scripting in another form. Unfortunately everyone ignored them because they > weren't called scripting. > > You can create standard windows relative to screen coordinates or floating > windows that automatically adjust their coordinates based on several > different things. You can make them speak with a hot key or make them speak > automatically or make them silent. You can tie them to specific colors, have > them watch for highlighting, or not, and on and on. > > Then there are hyperactive windows. These monitor the defined area in many > different ways and can react in many different ways, e.g. say something, > speak a window, execute a hot key, load a set file, and on and on. > > I remember how everyone was so excited when scripting was introduced. I only > shook my head thinking we had a lot of that power from the beginning through > these windows. It was amazing how some jumped on scripting while prior to its > introduction everyone seemed to scream and run every time I mentioned user > windows. > > You won't even see them in the control panel unless "Show advanced options" > is checked under the Help menu. > > Regards, > Tom > > > On 11/28/2016 8:51 PM, Pamela Dominguez via Talk wrote: > > Okay, at the risk of sounding stupid: what are these user windows you > > are talking about? pam. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Dave via Talk > > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 6:10 PM > > To: [email protected] ; Window-Eyes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: Window-Eyes is Dead! > > > > I Miss a big big feature that is no longer in the version 9.X of Window > > eyes. I use those User Windows, in a couple of Set Files I've created > > for a couple of programs I use. Without those User Windows, Window Eyes > > 9.x does not give me the same abilities as Window Eyes 8.X This for the > > way I use Window Eyes is going backwards. > > > > This next one is a personal preference, but the way version 9.X Copies > > Text on the Internet is not to my liking. It is not Windows Standard. > > I find the New way to copy text a bit Funky, and I tend to get more text > > than I want. > > > > > > I dislike other minor issues in Version 9.X, and so it isn't a matter of > > going backwards, but more of a consistency issue. > > > > I suspect the problem I occasionally have is a Script problem, and not > > so much a Window Eyes problem. From time to time, I have major problems > > using Gold Wave 6 in Windows 10. > > > > I no longer have the ability to Read to End when reading Email in Becky. > > > > When in File Explorer, I cannot use the Send To feature because either > > the Script is not reading what Drives I have available, or Windows 10 is > > not displaying the Drives. > > > >> From time to time, the drives are read by Window Eyes, but only one time. > > If I want to send another file, then the Drives no longer are shown, or > > read by Window Eyes 9.5. > > > > This last problem started after downloading the Anniversary Edition of > > Windows 10. > > > > These last three issues are probably Script issues. Either they did not > > load correctly, or once loaded, failed to work properly. But, if there > > is no more development on Window Eyes, it is small stuff like this that > > never will be fixed. And it is little stuff like this that will force me > > to buy JAWS or some other Screen Reader. > > > > I find the operation of the Mouse to be very different in 9.X than I did > > in 8.X. this too has more to do with consistency, because there are > > times I can use the Mouse, but too much of the time, it doesn't work or > > read as well as it did in 8.X. > > > > I also had a Big disappointment, and a Complaint about the Bugginess of > > the 9.0, 9.1,9.2, 9.3 etc. In my opinion, none of these editions were > > quite ready for paying customers. Not until 9.4 and 9.5 did I feel > > that Window Eyes 9 had gotten reliable enough to be sold to the general > > public and to existing Customers. > > > > I could very well be wrong, but I thought the decision to ship 9.0 to > > the Market was a choice made by the drastic need for Money. > > > > This is taking advantage of your Customers, and while a lot of Software > > Companies do this, it doesn't make it Right, or enjoyable for those of > > us who buy upgrades. > > > > If I took more time, I could probably come up with a few more items, but > > I have made my point. > > > > Grumpy Dave > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/harpman9%40gmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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