Re: Anybody on here testing the FF betas?
Lino Morales
What up again Duck. I’d run the beta 10 of FF and its still slow here. I’ll have to take you up on the nightly builds and see how that works. Thanks.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Mallard <mallard@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:07:27 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Anybody on here testing the FF betas? Quack Quack, Lino, Duck here...
I'm running nightlies, and not betas... Could this be the reason for the discrepancy? Ciao, Ollie Il 24/07/2018 16:24, Lino Morales ha scritto: > > What up Duck? Cool. How about the rest of you? I forget what beta we > are in 62 currently. How is it working for you? > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Mallard > <mallard@...> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 24, 2018 9:57:00 AM > *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io > *Subject:* Re: [nvda] Anybody on here testing the FF betas? > Hello Lino, > > > I've just upgraded to Firefox 63.01 with Nightly, and it's quite fast. > On the other hand, I've never experienced any lags on Firefox at all. > I'm generally using the official version, 61.01, which works very > smoothly at this end. > > hth, ciao, > > Ollie > > > > > > Il 23/07/2018 22:59, Lino Morales ha scritto: > > > > Hi. Is anyone on here testing the latest betas of Firefox with NVDA > > 2018.2 or later? Is it any faster? I’m still using Waterfox. Thanks. > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > > Windows 10 > > > > > > > > >
|
|
Re: Getting Off of SSDI, ongoing cost of access technology
Lino Morales
All I’ll say is CA is one messed up country right now with Trudo the leftist in power. Oh and how is universal health care working out for ya? Not pretty from I understand. Now back to NVDA questions already in progress.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> on behalf of Elshara Silverheart <joshbrn004@...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:17:59 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Getting Off of SSDI, ongoing cost of access technology lol I was gonna respond since I'm also from Canada but I live in BC
On 7/25/18, Brian's Mail list account via Groups.Io <bglists@...> wrote: > Did you post this to the wrong list? > Its a bit Canadian... ahem. > Not nvda either. > cough. > :-) > > Brian > > bglists@... > Sent via blueyonder. > Please address personal E-mail to:- > briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' > in the display name field. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian K. Lingard" <bkl@...> > To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:31 AM > Subject: [nvda] Getting Off of SSDI, ongoing cost of access technology > > > Dear Glenn & List: > > Here in Canada, at least Ontario, you are considered successfully placed in > > gainful employment if the job is expected to last at least six months. > Friends receiving ODSP [Ontario Disability Support Program] payments who > have many medical conditions, each with at least one prescription medicine, > > have told me time and again they are capable of gainful work, however, as a > > part-time employee, they will not have a Prescription Medicine Plan. ODSP > provides each recipient with a Prescription Drug Benefit that covers most, > however, not all, prescriptions. > > However, if you require a prescription not on the formulary, you may request > > it be covered for you as your doctor has prescribed it, it is expensive, and > > often the only medicine licensed in Canada to treat your condition. If this > > does not work, you may apply to The Trillium Plan for coverage of the drug > in your particular case. > > Friend of mine's spouse was diagnosed with gallstones. The doctor wanted to > > dissolve them with an expensive medicine. Their ODSP monthly income was > maybe, $1,000 combined for the two of them. Friend takes the prescription to > > his usual pharmacy, asks what it costs, answer was $300 for a month's > supply. He contacts his doctor, who writes an appeal letter to the Min of > Health, after a few weeks went by, they approved it. Unfortunately, the > medicine did not dissolve the stones. > > His wife was diabetic, had heart issues and for these reasons was a bad > candidate for surgery. > > At the time, Lithotripsy, busting the stones into fine powder, was not > available in Ottawa. It was in Montreal, province just across the Ottawa > River, and with its own Min of Health, friend of mine called around various > > hospitals there, found one that did this treatment, gave the info to his > wife's doctor, who said I heard they no longer do this! Meanwhile, about a > day before, the hospital had told my friend they did do it, have the doctor > > in Ottawa send them a referral. Therefore, my friend said why run up his > phone bill if the doctor will say he heard they no longer do it. > > I do not know of a laparoscopic procedure, where they operate through a > small hole to the scene of the procedure was an option. Have heard these > procedures are much less stressful on the body, compared to a traditional > open procedure. > > One friend of mine, in Toronto, is blind, diabetic, with MS and probably > other issues. Between her various doctors, she is on 32 prescriptions, with > > the Ontario Drug Benefit, pharmacies may charge a $2 co-pay per > prescription. That is $64/month. Many pharmacies will waive the $2 co-pay, > others do not. The nursing home she resided at dealt with one pharmacy did > would not waive the co-pay. Her entire ODSP cheque of around $700/month went > > to pay the daily fee for staying the home, except for her $100/month comfort > > allowance, which was to cover replacement clothes, feminine hygiene > products, toothpaste, phone & cable tv if any, she also smoked. After trying > > to explain to the home the $64 co-pay would be the largest item in her > budget, she cannot afford it, and getting the story they only wanted to deal > > with the single pharmacy as it simplified ordering, she decided the home > could bill her all they wanted for the co-pay, however, she refused to pay > it. Her prescription medicines kept arriving and she had more spending > money. > > Having the Soc. Security Admin. Pay for access technology, with scripting > and training, to get someone into the workforce, earning more than the > prevailing SGA is fine. However, access tech wears out, requires maintenance > > and can become unusable due to advances in computer technology. Many > perfectly good braille displays and synthesizers became obsolete when their > > makers decided not to make drivers available for them when a Windows upgrade > > required new drivers, or computers no longer had parallel & serial ports, > just USB ones. > > The braille displays were well built, however the firm that took over the > equipment when TSI went bust, chose to not prolong their working life as > they competed directly with the Braille displays the firm designed & built > themselves. Freedom Scientific, now VFO Group was one firm that did this. In > > addition, manufacturers of access tech can go bust, making well-designed > displays, however, not with enough market share to make the units and > especially the r and d to design newer ones. > > > There is also the issue of funding equipment maintenance, replacement and > scripting updated or new applications. If you work for Government, your > department or agency is expected to pay for this. Fine. The scripter says it > > will cost $75,000 to script the soon to be released update to the main app > you use. The department has perhaps one or two blind employees who need the > > update. If updates are released semi-annually, that is $1590, 000 for the > updates or $75,000 per blind employee. If the employee is a Quad or amputee, > > using a sip & puff system to control their telephone, terminal printers etc. > > the cost of reprogramming their sit & puff system can approach the Public > Debt of the United States of America. This is because sip & puff systems are > > almost custom-made, as is their programming. > > When my employer was concerned over the cost of a PC for me, offered, well, > > I earn my hourly wage whether I am doing productive work or waiting for the > > PC to compute. I prefer doing productive work. The boss accepted this line > of reasoning and purchased the faster PC with enough RAM and hard drive to > handle newer program versions, which seem to require more disk storage, > faster CPU and much more RAM. > Brian > > > From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ervin, > Glenn > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 10:35 AM > To: nvda@nvda.groups.io > Subject: Re: [NVDA] VFO not complimentary about NVDA > > In VR with state agencies, we are reimbursed by Social Security if we place > > someone in a job that is above SGA, that is, enough for the client to get > off SSDI. > So usually, cost is not an issue for things like adaptive equipment and > scripting. > Glenn > > > From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> <nvda@nvda.groups.io > > <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > On Behalf of Brian K. Lingard > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 1:31 AM > To: nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > Subject: Re: [NVDA] VFO not complimentary about NVDA > > Dear Brian & List: > > I thought VFO Group would do JAWS scripting or put you in contact with a > certified Jaws Scripter. > > Perhaps not. > > I do know that someone wanted a proprietary application for a car rental > firm scripted to work with JAWS and was quoted thousands of dollars for the > > work and advised that every timed the firm rolled out a new version the work > > would have to be completely redone. > > I believe the would- be scripting contractor was the Smith-Kettlewell > Foundation of San Francisco. > > I can see changes being required for a new version of the App, but a > complete rewrite. That seems like someone trying to make a large company pay > > and pay to support only a few employees. > Brian > > It may have been a proprietary telemarketing program. However, I think the > employer to be was misquoted for the job. > Brian > From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf of Brian Vogel > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 12:34 PM > To: nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> > Subject: Re: [NVDA] VFO not complimentary about NVDA > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Steve Nutt wrote: > Again, if I want a program scripted in NVDA, who does it? > If you contact NV Access, I feel certain they could point you to someone. > Alternatively, even ask here. Most JAWS scripters are self-taught, or were > > at one time anyway. I believe NVDA scripts are done in Python (though I > could be wrong) and there are plenty of Python programmers out there. > > I had to dig long and hard to find JAWS scriptwriters when they were needed > > about 2 years ago. It is a real niche market. > > -- > Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 > A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for > all humankind. > ~ Richard Dohme > > > > > > > > > > >
|
|
Re: Problem updating Windows 10
Nope, this is function update of Windows 10. Dňa 25. 7. 2018 o 17:43 Brian Vogel
napísal(a):
What update are you trying to apply?
|
|
Re: Problem updating Windows 10
What update are you trying to apply?
I'd also suggest you do a web search on the specific KB number of the update and the error code you've given. Sometimes with cumulative updates it's easiest to ignore the issue until the next one comes out, as they will frequently work (and no one really knows why). -- Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ~ Richard Dehmel
|
|
Problem updating Windows 10
Hi!
I have one problem to update Windows and for installing next updates of functions. Code of It is: 0x80070002 Please, what can I do for this? Thank You. Marco
|
|
Re: Digest?
Place, Vicki
Thank you,. Got it. J
============================= Vicki Place
Columbia Basin College Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II
Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422
Hours: 7:00 am – 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday
California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. -Hannah Gadsby
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Chris via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 7:22 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Digest?
If you click on the your subscription link at the bottom of every email you can change how you receive emails from there
From: Place, Vicki
Is the a way to get a digest of posts and not individual ones?
============================= Vicki Place
Columbia Basin College Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II
Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422
Hours: 7:00 am – 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday
California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. -Hannah Gadsby
|
|
Re: rules for Most Lists
No surprise really. These are common sense guidelines that are universally accepted but not always followed.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
From E.T.'s Keyboard... Ancient.Aliens@icloud.com Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.| --Carl Sagan
On 7/24/2018 10:56 PM, Brian K. Lingard wrote:
Dear Antony & List:
|
|
Re: Getting Off of SSDI, ongoing cost of access technology
Ervin, Glenn
That is becoming more and more the case, that folks cannot afford to go to work for fear of obtaining a job without health coverage. I think that the entire medical system is out of control, and insurance companies are mostly to blame. If nobody had insurance, big pharma would not be so big, they would have to make their money selling their products at a price we can afford. I think too many people take drugs that they should not be taking. Take Statins, those are a farce. Folks should read the book The Great Cholesterol Myth By Dr. Steven Sinatra. Not sure if I spelled the name right, he is a cardiologist. Glenn
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Brian K. Lingard
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 2:31 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] Getting Off of SSDI, ongoing cost of access technology
Dear Glenn & List:
Here in Canada, at least Ontario, you are considered successfully placed in gainful employment if the job is expected to last at least six months. Friends receiving ODSP [Ontario Disability Support Program] payments who have many medical conditions, each with at least one prescription medicine, have told me time and again they are capable of gainful work, however, as a part-time employee, they will not have a Prescription Medicine Plan. ODSP provides each recipient with a Prescription Drug Benefit that covers most, however, not all, prescriptions.
However, if you require a prescription not on the formulary, you may request it be covered for you as your doctor has prescribed it, it is expensive, and often the only medicine licensed in Canada to treat your condition. If this does not work, you may apply to The Trillium Plan for coverage of the drug in your particular case.
Friend of mine's spouse was diagnosed with gallstones. The doctor wanted to dissolve them with an expensive medicine. Their ODSP monthly income was maybe, $1,000 combined for the two of them. Friend takes the prescription to his usual pharmacy, asks what it costs, answer was $300 for a month's supply. He contacts his doctor, who writes an appeal letter to the Min of Health, after a few weeks went by, they approved it. Unfortunately, the medicine did not dissolve the stones.
His wife was diabetic, had heart issues and for these reasons was a bad candidate for surgery.
At the time, Lithotripsy, busting the stones into fine powder, was not available in Ottawa. It was in Montreal, province just across the Ottawa River, and with its own Min of Health, friend of mine called around various hospitals there, found one that did this treatment, gave the info to his wife's doctor, who said I heard they no longer do this! Meanwhile, about a day before, the hospital had told my friend they did do it, have the doctor in Ottawa send them a referral. Therefore, my friend said why run up his phone bill if the doctor will say he heard they no longer do it.
I do not know of a laparoscopic procedure, where they operate through a small hole to the scene of the procedure was an option. Have heard these procedures are much less stressful on the body, compared to a traditional open procedure.
One friend of mine, in Toronto, is blind, diabetic, with MS and probably other issues. Between her various doctors, she is on 32 prescriptions, with the Ontario Drug Benefit, pharmacies may charge a $2 co-pay per prescription. That is $64/month. Many pharmacies will waive the $2 co-pay, others do not. The nursing home she resided at dealt with one pharmacy did would not waive the co-pay. Her entire ODSP cheque of around $700/month went to pay the daily fee for staying the home, except for her $100/month comfort allowance, which was to cover replacement clothes, feminine hygiene products, toothpaste, phone & cable tv if any, she also smoked. After trying to explain to the home the $64 co-pay would be the largest item in her budget, she cannot afford it, and getting the story they only wanted to deal with the single pharmacy as it simplified ordering, she decided the home could bill her all they wanted for the co-pay, however, she refused to pay it. Her prescription medicines kept arriving and she had more spending money.
Having the Soc. Security Admin. Pay for access technology, with scripting and training, to get someone into the workforce, earning more than the prevailing SGA is fine. However, access tech wears out, requires maintenance and can become unusable due to advances in computer technology. Many perfectly good braille displays and synthesizers became obsolete when their makers decided not to make drivers available for them when a Windows upgrade required new drivers, or computers no longer had parallel & serial ports, just USB ones.
The braille displays were well built, however the firm that took over the equipment when TSI went bust, chose to not prolong their working life as they competed directly with the Braille displays the firm designed & built themselves. Freedom Scientific, now VFO Group was one firm that did this. In addition, manufacturers of access tech can go bust, making well-designed displays, however, not with enough market share to make the units and especially the r and d to design newer ones.
There is also the issue of funding equipment maintenance, replacement and scripting updated or new applications. If you work for Government, your department or agency is expected to pay for this. Fine. The scripter says it will cost $75,000 to script the soon to be released update to the main app you use. The department has perhaps one or two blind employees who need the update. If updates are released semi-annually, that is $1590, 000 for the updates or $75,000 per blind employee. If the employee is a Quad or amputee, using a sip & puff system to control their telephone, terminal printers etc. the cost of reprogramming their sit & puff system can approach the Public Debt of the United States of America. This is because sip & puff systems are almost custom-made, as is their programming.
When my employer was concerned over the cost of a PC for me, offered, well, I earn my hourly wage whether I am doing productive work or waiting for the PC to compute. I prefer doing productive work. The boss accepted this line of reasoning and purchased the faster PC with enough RAM and hard drive to handle newer program versions, which seem to require more disk storage, faster CPU and much more RAM. Brian
From:
nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Ervin, Glenn
In VR with state agencies, we are reimbursed by Social Security if we place someone in a job that is above SGA, that is, enough for the client to get off SSDI. So usually, cost is not an issue for things like adaptive equipment and scripting. Glenn
From:
nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
On Behalf of Brian K. Lingard
Dear Brian & List:
I thought VFO Group would do JAWS scripting or put you in contact with a certified Jaws Scripter.
Perhaps not.
I do know that someone wanted a proprietary application for a car rental firm scripted to work with JAWS and was quoted thousands of dollars for the work and advised that every timed the firm rolled out a new version the work would have to be completely redone.
I believe the would- be scripting contractor was the Smith-Kettlewell Foundation of San Francisco.
I can see changes being required for a new version of the App, but a complete rewrite. That seems like someone trying to make a large company pay and pay to support only a few employees. Brian
It may have been a proprietary telemarketing program. However, I think the employer to be was misquoted for the job. Brian From:
nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io]
On Behalf of Brian Vogel
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Steve Nutt wrote:
If you contact NV Access, I feel certain they could point you to someone. Alternatively, even ask here. Most JAWS scripters are self-taught, or were at one time anyway. I believe NVDA scripts are done in Python (though I could be wrong)
and there are plenty of Python programmers out there. Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ~ Richard Dohme
|
|
Re: rules for Most Lists
Brian K. Lingard
Dear Elshara & List:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
True, you may specify any rules you desire, many listowners find a set of list rules they like and use them. Brian
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of
|
|
Re: Digest?
First and foremost, if you want to know what you can control via e-mail, anything you can control via e-mail, for a group send a message to groupname+help@groups.io, so in this case the groupname is nvda.
In the mail message you receive back there is this section: Email Delivery OptionsTo receive plain digests instead of individual messages, send an email to: To receive full featured digests instead of individual messages, send an email to: To receive a daily summary instead of individual messages, send an email to: To receive only special messages, send an email to: To receive individual messages instead of digests or a summary, send an email to: To stop receiving messages via email (you may still read messages on the Web), send an email to: Brian - Windows 10 Home, 64-Bit, Version 1803, Build 17134 A little kindness from person to person is better than a vast love for all humankind. ~ Richard Dehmel
|
|
Re: Digest?
Chris
If you click on the your subscription link at the bottom of every email you can change how you receive emails from there
From: Place, Vicki
Sent: 25 July 2018 15:18 To: 'nvda@nvda.groups.io' Subject: [nvda] Digest?
Is the a way to get a digest of posts and not individual ones?
============================= Vicki Place
Columbia Basin College Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II
Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422
Hours: 7:00 am – 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday
California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. -Hannah Gadsby
|
|
Digest?
Place, Vicki
Is the a way to get a digest of posts and not individual ones?
============================= Vicki Place
Columbia Basin College Assistive Technology Center Program Support Supervisor II
Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: T422
Hours: 7:00 am – 4:30 pm; Mon-Thurs 7:00 am- Noon; Friday
California State University, Northridge Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. -Hannah Gadsby
|
|
Re: Using different social media platforms/websites with NVDA
Akshaya Choudhary
J and K doesn't work in the replies. But, still these native shortcuts are pretty good for facebook and twitter. There is a RES extension for Reddit, but it conflicts with the screen reader. I would love to have similar native navigation shortcuts as there are in twitter for Reddit. Right now i have to use work arounds with first letter navigation in the browse mode.
|
|
skype gripe
Brian Tew
Well skype decided to talk to me today. Not sure what was wrong yesterday.
It is pretty awful for braille with tons of clutter, but it is talking. that is, I found the replies to my immortal prose.
|
|
Re: Anybody on here testing the FF betas?
Mallard
Quack Quack, Lino, Duck here...
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
I'm running nightlies, and not betas... Could this be the reason for the discrepancy? Ciao, Ollie
Il 24/07/2018 16:24, Lino Morales ha scritto:
|
|
Re: Accessible voice and text chat
Here's my thoughts on accessibility in general.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
I generally dislike all cloud services. Apple is the only company I trust for cloud service data because you know what you're getting. And it isn't tied in with data selling to Google, Microsoft and artificial intelligence. Sure there's Siri. But Apple is so permissions based in the first place, nobody can quite imitate how apple has gotten away with remaining there. Accessibility is an integral part of all Apple products. You can take your device into Apple Care for a price tag, but get it fixed never the less. Apple is moving to stronger devices but they are taking care of their existing customers first. I can't say that about Microsoft. I had to downgrade from Windows 10 back to Windows 7 because of Microsoft's micromanagement platform they are working on. I used to be an insider, and now I wish I never touched anything Microsoft cloud. Microsoft self hosted on the other hand, is another story. It's more secure to me because common sense says, don't post something others can't find. It's just that simple. It always will be. I'm personally, sick and tired of both Google and Microsoft making products that manage how you can personally do something on your own. It's like when Cpanel came out for the first time on Linux. Don't host unless you know what you're doing. When you're used to reading documentation but have to interrupt an install to uninstall a GUI to use the configuration you want for web hosting. My only like of Cpanel is that it does making other tasks easier. But again, there's the price tag. Nobody has invested more into the piracy marketplace than Microsoft however. This is why people have stuck with it for so long. Be you a clean or a dirty software or media consumer, you have one thing in common with your virtual neighbor. Ease of use. This is why ease of use works so well. It's you who hosts it. If you're hosting a program, you're not giving your computer manufacturer permission to degrade your computers performance so that they can spend less on infrastructure and more on quality products. I kid you not, take a PC made 5 - 10 years ago and it works just as good if not better than today's PCs. Where they didn't sodder on configuration changes you can't alter. Thanks, Intel. Where's the freedom to be yourself now days in today's overly micromanaged political sespool of a world we live in, eh? You want to feed the drama, or go on your own. I chose both paths for accessibility reasons among other personal security concerns. Let me tell you what I found. At point blank range, first hand experience, Google Android and Microsoft are in a league all of their own. Trust Google and Microsoft to sell you something one minute, and totally reverse their decision the next. I used to be a beta tester for Android. I even bought the Pixel to do it. Now, not only did they remove the headphone jack. But they also made their software open to other vendors. You know what that did in the beta 9? Put up some constantly phantom Chrome casting service you can't get rid of. Subsequently, my battery is shot. They say you can uninstall remove yourself from the beta. And you just can't. You know what that tells me? They are about as trusting of their customer concerns as a brick wall. They tell you you can make money with adsense, but then remove you from the program and won't tell you after they have all your banking information, why? It's because they don't need you anymore. I've invested thousands into the Google infrastructure and received a slap in the face as a response. I two, have invested a lot into the Microsoft infrastructure. I don't need my Microsoft account suspended because I add 30 contacts thanks to phone Sync to my Skype account automatically. I do no't need the inability to message someone unless we are contacts either. Something the original Skype was able to do. I don't need Microsoft forcing me to use their services, such as File Explorer, over an alternative because they say the API access will shut down. I don't need to be in an abusive online web garden that isn't working for me. I additionally, will never trust Microsoft to deliver what they promise. They suck people in, and then they take advantage of them when they think they aren't looking after they've been with the program awhile. This is why I'll never trust anything cloud. Apple may be a cloud service, but it's the original one that never had any issues of trust like all these others companies do now. The bottom line is, go self hosted. Go with team Talk. Go with your own dedicated server. Spend the extra money if you have to for peace of mind if that's what it takes. Don't try to forceably use something someone else requires access to because they may or may not have the right you unknowingly grant them at any point in time, to deny you access to something you paid for. It's as simple as that. take from it what you will.
On 7/24/18, Lino Morales <linomorales001@gmail.com> wrote:
Yo Elany. Contact me off list at:
|
|
Re: My thoughts on offensive company names and so on.
If you aren't happy with a service's management decisions, the
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
technology isn't at fault for supporting your preferences and then taking it away. That's why retired platforms still work better then cloud because you host it yourself and you know you aren't making any changes to it unless your hand is on the controls. That's more secure then any cloud service I've ever trusted seeming as how someone else stores your login no matter if they can or can't verify it is you who is the account holder or not.
On 7/24/18, Brian Vogel <britechguy@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Eleni Vamvakari wrote:But being fed a stream of inaccurate information makes that a much higher
|
|
Re: Skype Talking?
Well the latest Alpha version of NVDA does have support for away
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
window notifications to some extent. I hadn't realized Skype Talking was still an on-going project. Nobody's even reported anything to that git hub in years.
On 7/24/18, Richard Wells <richwels@gmx.com> wrote:
When desktop Skype goes away, may we presume that the Google Code Skype
|
|
Re: NVDA Run From Computer Option? BRILLIANT!
Great for work, honestly. Can't say that about Jaws.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
On 7/24/18, Gene New Zealand <hurrikennyandopo@outlook.co.nz> wrote:
Hi I agree
|
|
Re: Bandwidth && network traffic
To a certain extent, even Shaw, telus does this. but it's TB, not GB
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
or MB based traffic limits. Even web hosting companies do this unless you get shared hosting. I do think the marketplace is shifting away from this though. People have spoken they won't pay for service if its capped basedon usage. I believe this is due to the way pricing plan structures are configured so that the telecommunications company can get more organic funding to expand service in remote areas. But I could be mistaken on that.
On 7/24/18, Brian K. Lingard <bkl@ncf.ca> wrote:
Dear Glenn & List:
|
|