First, I am not speaking as a moderator and it is inaccurate and incorrect to imply that I am. I disagreed about ribbons long before I was a moderator and, unless I send a message to the list on a

Regarding people more likely to express an opinion when they dislike something, yes, I agree completely. I guess it's reasonable to assume that's what Gene meant to say. However, regarding praise

I don't complain about the ribbons any more because it usually creates such an intense and useless discussion that the moderator goes off on me and I almost get mad enough to say something that will

I believe I am the one that started this thread.  All I asked for was a little help in learning how to use ribbons effectively.  I don't believe I said that they were bad or good just a new trick to

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 07:19 PM, Antony Stone wrote: Um, "people are more likely to complain if they dislike something"...Well, I interpreted this as, "People are more likely to express an opinion if

My point is that Brian said that many people he knows complain about ribbons. I'm saying that if you look at discussions online or discuss matters with people, people are more likely to complain

Um, "people are more likely to complain if they dislike something"... Well, of course - you wouldn't expect them to complain if they like it, would you? Antony. -- I wasn't sure about having a

How do you work with ribbons? Do you use the short cut sequences in both ribbons and menus? Gene

If they are so hated, then see the following discussion and account for the fact that I read perhaps thirty messages in the thread and no one objects to ribbons. Microsoft is changing the design of

Oh, don't tell me! It's driving me crazy! But it's the only way to download ebooks from our public libraries here. I wish they made a better job of tehse epub's, forgetting about Adobe DRM, but I'm a

Actually, I've never heard of teh possibility to convert epub to epub3, but maybe it's possible with a specific software, which would add audio from a synth. The problem, though, is that it should be

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 04:23 PM, Brian's Mail list account wrote: Just cos they are so dogmatic in not wanting to offer an option when its clearly possible is no reason to accept it.Uh, yes, it is.

So, if you're starting from ePub, which has only text, where do you get the audio from, to "convert" this to ePub 3? That sounds like more than just a conversion process to me - it's like saying

Are we sure its not UAC that is causing this, half the time this alert seems not to speak. I got so annoyed I turned it off. Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address

Oh that piece of software has never behaved for me at any time it tends to lock, fall out of itself or just be very slow. Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal

Yes I think most of us do. I also sometimes use the accessible pdf reader from webbie as well if its mostly textual and not needing any formatting. To me too many pdf files these days are pictures or

Can it open small pdf files or is this on all files? I was thinking about a ticket about some backends recently changed causing firefox to crash, and wondered if it affected Adobe as well. Certainly

I have found that I can do alright with the ribbons, but I find the speed of working with old style menus much better.

I suspect this is a question for your local admin, as it may well be blocking certain domains completely. Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal E-mail

Not noticed it myself. But it is my view and yours is yours. I merely point at other pieces of software not by Microsoft. Brian bglists@... Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal