Re: Windows 10 shortcuts to items
Well to be honest, sound wise I did through a forum find the reg hacks to get login off shutdown and unlock sounds to actually like appear. However while yes they have sfx, no they won't be active. I don't know why this is. But there is a way to in appevents of the hkey current user change all the sounds with 0s in them to 1s and they will show as events with their sounds and you can play them. There must be something more to activating these events and I have not found what that is.
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On 22/05/2016 9:10 p.m., Brian's Mail list account wrote: I'm looking to make simpler some things in 10. I find having to search for stuff long winded and also access via a huge tree of interconnected dialogues is also a bit slow. For example, how can one get to just a list of drives on the computer, how can one get to the main screen of windows defender to do manual scans. These are just two of the things I can do in windows 7, very easily, but seem to be very irritatingly awkward on 10. I have found the sound level of running programs dialogue and put a shortcut to it, and this works, but in many cases in 10, despite classic shell, and being an admin, I get blocked by you are not allowed to do this or that, but when it is accessed via loads of menues links and whatever, it goes there quite happily. I seldom myself use start menu, preferring to get things either ron the desktop or to put a folder of the shortcuts on the desktop. This saves a lot of messing about in searches and scrolling up and down start menus to find its been listed under some daft letter rather than the logical one. Brian
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The only time I don't use search in 7 is if it doesn't show everything. One advantage in 10 is its inteligent. That is after waiting for it to index, searching for stuff and yelling at the stupid computer for a couple days it actually gets it right. Ie if I hit a or the first 2 letters of a word it actually pops up what I want generally.
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On 22/05/2016 8:47 p.m., Brian's Mail list account wrote: I find most of the time, even in xp I seldom used the start menu, preferring to make shortcuts eithe directly on the desktop or in a shortcut to a folder of shortcuts for the less used stuff. This of course was easier in xp as you could access all areas, but in 7 and 10, this s seems to be an issue where you cannot get at the folder with the start menu shortcuts in it, forcing you either to find the executable and make one or to try to hack into the security settings. its a good job my hair is already white! Brian
bglists@blueyonder.co.uk Sent via blueyonder. Please address personal email to:- briang1@blueyonder.co.uk, putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Everiss" <sm.everiss@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
AAh yeah I agree on search even in 7 I havn't used file search that much unless I have a large list. Ok so maybe I need to practice the start menu a bit more maybe I just need to get used to it.
On 21/05/2016 9:51 p.m., Pete wrote:
hi Shaun
The apps thing is a big list of all the programs installed on your computer. You can navigate using down and up arrow keys. Use the application key for pinning to start screen / etc. I like the start screen, kind of like a second desktop. I unpinned every thing from it and just pinned what I wanted up there. I just have recycle bin on the desktop. Recycle bin can be hidden or removed from the desktop I think.
I don't care for the file manager with the search! I mean come on how many search boxes do we really need?
I'll even go as far as I like the start screen better than the start menus from 98 and up. It's the greatest thing m s has done in a long while.
Pete
On 5/21/2016 3:24 AM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
Well to be honest, I upgraded 1 machine to 10 that I have access to. Here is where I stand with 10. When I do eventually upgrade I am confident that with all the advances with features, lockscreens, and other things that I can probably use 10 at least the desktop with vary little modification to the registry. While now that the system has done with indexing I can do single letter search in start and it actually comes up fine. 3. I am confidant that with all the things ms has at least for the desktop I will be fine. 5. I know some of my way round bits of the new ribbon. 6. I am sure with ribbon disabler, and classic shell I may be able to make it look 7 like. 6. I think I am getting used to the task manager bits of action centre and settings. What I havn't figured out are the apps just yet or the ms account thing. I think in the short term if I need to I will be able to use 10 without any real issue.
On 21/05/2016 9:31 a.m., Scott VanDeWalle wrote:
i am positibve that all will be working well within the next little bit, as in maybe the next few official win 10 updates. Ms keeps saying by the end of this year. So let's all hope so.
Scott Original message:
I found Edge very annoying, too, when I first upgraded to Windows 10. Although I would set Firefox as default it would still popup as settings. I tried to uninstall it but could not. I took it to a computer shop and they at least they got rid of the settings popup. I avoid using Cortana just because of Edge. Google is my homepage and search engine. On 5/20/16, Gene <gsasner@ripco.com> wrote:
There are certain things that only work with Edge regardless of whether you had a choice before. Recently, Microsoft made certain things use Edge regardless of what is set as the default browser. There may only be two of these things. I know one had something to do with search, perhaps searching somehow in the start menu. Whatever the case, if you set another browser as the default and something brings up Edge, then you probably have no choice but to do whatever you want to do directly from within the browser you want to use. Gene ----- Original Message -----
From: Pascal Lambert Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:12 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
Greetings,
I find Edge very slow, it takes few mins to have voice feedback when it is launched. I tried to get rid of it and make Firefox the default but it comes back in certain situations. Is there a way to completely disabled it? I prefer using Firefox even though lately it is having problem with Flash player acting strangely. Any suggestions on these issues is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Blessings
Pascal
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:44 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
There is more than just speed to consider. Firefox still uses a different interface and it is a more convenient interface. Chrome shows all sorts of things such as history and settings as web pages. Firefox has a lot more add ons. Firefox has a document reading feature that blind people can use. I tried using a Chrome add on for this purpose and I couldn't use it. I don't know if there are other Chrome add ons that implement this feature.
It appears to me that Chrome hasn't even put short cut commands on some or many of its menu items. That sore of thing is and has been standard since the mid-nineties.
Gene
From: P. Otter
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:54 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
ofr me it's the same!
chrome is in the most situations nice and quick, more than most other browsers.
google has made accessibility extentions it is recommanded to install for example the extention that let you navigate with the arrow keys.
cheers
paul otter
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From: Bobby
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hay very good news google crome is now accessible as well. I now use it as my default browser
On 5/20/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Beasley wrote:
That browser is not fully accessible. Use internet explorer or Mozilla firefox.
From: ken lawrence via Groups.io
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:16 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hi listers ken here have a vexing problem. on two local radio stations namely WOLD-lp, and WMGQ in NJ I can’t seem to find the listen live. on WOLD the problem is simpler. the listen live appears as a heading, but not as a link, clickable graphic or button just the words listen live. this is the only way to listen to the station without tunein radio since they have change from a winamp based stream to a flash based popup player. they have changed stream providors. what must they do to make there stream appear as a link and not just the words listen live? then on Magic 98.3 the problem is even stranger. in order to listen to all greater-media owned stations you must register for their listener clubs. in the case of magic 98.3 additionally you are only able to listen to them if you live in NJ, Pa area. same with active rock station WDHA in dover NJ. must assume the same condition is true with WRAT the jersey shore based rocker. I have tried on three different browsers to log into the station and the listen live is nowhere. no button, no links, no graphics. there are listen links connected to interviews/features but not the stream. didn’t try the word play but no play buttons exist then just now using the edge browser with NVDA clearly hit the letter f found the edit field, but when entered the stupid site thought Oh you searched for your email address, sorry no such thing. so edge is obviously out since NVDA can’t seem to focus on the right edit field. so my question is this, how do I advise the webmasters of both radio stations? especially magic 98.3 since I’m technically a music club member? the websites for both are www.woldradio.com for oldies 107.9 and www.magic983.com for WMGQ. perhaps someone with partial sight can advise on this one. is it a fix on my end possibly?
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Re: Weather+ NVDA add-on required
Ron,
I guess that's because it used to be based on Yahoo services, while now Adriano had to re-do the whole thing due to Yahoo no longer working...
I don't know much about this, as I haven't installed the new versions, and haven't had time to look into the whole thing.
Now that my old guide dog has gone to Rainbow Bridge, and I no longer have to look after her, I'll have moer time to spend on other things, and Weather+ will be one of them...
Ciao,
Ollie
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Il 22/05/2016 15:43, Ron Canazzi ha scritto: Hi Mallard and Others,
This add on does in fact work, but I have some questions. First of all, the Drop Box link you sent was the new version, but when I installed it, it asked for an additional update. This went fine. However, all the previously entered codes are invalid. I had to import a new code for my default city. I like the idea of being able to set up temporary cities to see what the weather is like around the nation and the world. Every old code from the previous installation is invalid. I don't see any way of updating these codes other than deleting all of them and then reestablishing them. Am I missing something?
On 5/22/2016 8:45 AM, Mallard wrote:
Hello there Bhavya and all,
Here's a link to my Dropbox with the new, latest version of Weather+ add-on.
It's 3.8, if memory serves.
I haven't installed it yet, so I can't give any help on it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3918790/Weather%20Plus3.8.nvda-addon
Ciao,
Ollie
Il 21/05/2016 22:10, Bhavya shah ha scritto:
Dear all, I am looking for the Weather+ NVDA add-on, which still works as opposed to the currently non-functional Weather+ add-on. I believe it is available on NVDA's Italian website, i.e. nvda.it, but it seems that this website is down at the moment. Therefore, it would be really appreciated if someone could upload the NVDA add-on package of Weather+ and share its download link. I woudl appreciate any assistance. Thanks.
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Re: Weather+ NVDA add-on required
- This plugin adds local temperature and forecasts to 24 hours
up to 15 additional days for NVDA
- Copyright(C) 2015 - 2016 Adriano Barbieri
adrianobarb@...
- Released under the GNU GPL (General Public License)
- Version: 3.8
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Weather Plus works through the use and presence of the
following services::
Very important!
The API service (Application Programming Interface) offered by
OpenWeatherMap.org, that provides all weather data and weather
forecast to Weather Plus, requires a API-Key to operate.
To obtain an API-Key you are required to register an account,
choosing between free and enterprise.
For more info on the types of accounts see: price
To create a free account click here: Get API key and Start
Subscribe
Once you open the page, click on the link: Sign up to get unique
API key on your account page.
Fill in the 4 editable fields to create a new account:
The Username, email, Password, Repeat Password.
Attention: Password (minimum is 8 characters).
Once completed edit fields, in this page, you must check the
check box:
I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Finally click on the button Create Account;
From the new page copy the API-Key, and insert it in the Weather
Plus settings by through the Management of your API key button.
If any page will appear after pressing the button Create
Account, or you can't find your API Key in this page, Go to the home page
openweathermap.org:
to search it.
Fill in the 3 editable fields the Username, Email and Password,
then click on the Submit button.
On the new page you will see the following message Signed in
successfully.
Down arrow until you find the line
API key
Below this line you can find your API Key (follow the procedure
described above).
Down arrow until you find the Save button.
Once you press this button, you can update your profile, then
you will see a new page with the following message Profile was
updated successfully.
FYI: On this page you will find other Save buttons, there are
also some combo boxes, and other fields to fill but we will not
treat this here, is up to you to discover it!
USE:
- Press NVDA + w to the current temperature and weather
conditions.
- Press NVDA + shift + W for 24 hours forecast and forecast up
to 15 days.
- Press NVDA + shift + ctrl + w to set a temporary city.
- Press NVDA + alt + w to know the last update of the weather
report.
- Press control + shift + w to toggle between Fahrenheit,
Celsius or Kelvin.
Contact the author of the add-on Weather Plus: Adriano Barbieri
Last revised 11.05.2016
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Le 22/05/2016 à 15:43, Ron Canazzi a
écrit :
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Hi Mallard and Others,
This add on does in fact work, but I have some questions.
First of all, the Drop Box link you sent was the new version,
but when I installed it, it asked for an additional update.
This went fine. However, all the previously entered codes are
invalid. I had to import a new code for my default city. I
like the idea of being able to set up temporary cities to see
what the weather is like around the nation and the world. Every
old code from the previous installation is invalid. I don't see
any way of updating these codes other than deleting all of them
and then reestablishing them. Am I missing something?
On 5/22/2016 8:45 AM, Mallard wrote:
Hello there Bhavya and all,
Here's a link to my Dropbox with the new, latest version of
Weather+ add-on.
It's 3.8, if memory serves.
I haven't installed it yet, so I can't give any help on it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3918790/Weather%20Plus3.8.nvda-addon
Ciao,
Ollie
Il 21/05/2016 22:10, Bhavya shah ha scritto:
Dear all,
I am looking for the Weather+ NVDA add-on, which still works
as
opposed to the currently non-functional Weather+ add-on.
I believe it is available on NVDA's Italian website, i.e.
nvda.it, but
it seems that this website is down at the moment.
Therefore, it would be really appreciated if someone could
upload the
NVDA add-on package of Weather+ and share its download link.
I woudl appreciate any assistance.
Thanks.
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They Ask Me If I'm Happy; I say Yes.
They ask: "How Happy are You?"
I Say: "I'm as happy as a stow away chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
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Re: Windows 10 shortcuts to items
You've answered your own question, largely, in your thread title. One can set up desktop shortcuts quite easily to virtually any app or application (settings are a different matter). If you prefer the old Control Panel for most settings it's available and you can put a shortcut to it on your desktop. I am annoyed that the "Send to -> Desktop (Create Shortcut)" method is no longer supported from the search results, but the extra step of "Open file location" (which opens the folder containing the program/app, with said program/app already selected) then doing the "send to -> desktop (create shortcut)" works just fine. The "This PC" file explorer window (for lack of a better way of putting it - it's largely the same as the old "My Computer" window) shows your drives and you can do layout tweaking there. Brian --
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Re: Weather+ NVDA add-on required
Hi Mallard and Others,
This add on does in fact work, but I have some questions. First
of all, the Drop Box link you sent was the new version, but when I
installed it, it asked for an additional update. This went fine.
However, all the previously entered codes are invalid. I had to
import a new code for my default city. I like the idea of being
able to set up temporary cities to see what the weather is like
around the nation and the world. Every old code from the previous
installation is invalid. I don't see any way of updating these
codes other than deleting all of them and then reestablishing
them. Am I missing something?
On 5/22/2016 8:45 AM, Mallard wrote:
Hello
there Bhavya and all,
Here's a link to my Dropbox with the new, latest version of
Weather+ add-on.
It's 3.8, if memory serves.
I haven't installed it yet, so I can't give any help on it.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3918790/Weather%20Plus3.8.nvda-addon
Ciao,
Ollie
Il 21/05/2016 22:10, Bhavya shah ha scritto:
Dear all,
I am looking for the Weather+ NVDA add-on, which still works as
opposed to the currently non-functional Weather+ add-on.
I believe it is available on NVDA's Italian website, i.e.
nvda.it, but
it seems that this website is down at the moment.
Therefore, it would be really appreciated if someone could
upload the
NVDA add-on package of Weather+ and share its download link.
I woudl appreciate any assistance.
Thanks.
--
They Ask Me If I'm Happy; I say Yes.
They ask: "How Happy are You?"
I Say: "I'm as happy as a stow away chimpanzee on a banana boat!"
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Re: Weather+ NVDA add-on required
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Il 21/05/2016 22:10, Bhavya shah ha scritto: Dear all, I am looking for the Weather+ NVDA add-on, which still works as opposed to the currently non-functional Weather+ add-on. I believe it is available on NVDA's Italian website, i.e. nvda.it, but it seems that this website is down at the moment. Therefore, it would be really appreciated if someone could upload the NVDA add-on package of Weather+ and share its download link. I woudl appreciate any assistance. Thanks.
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Here is my view of points concerning to your message. First about
the browser, most of the time I used to work well with Firefox,
and which I think is the best and most accessible but again, it
may defer your preferences of working you do. Second, about the
recording apps that there are the two that is commendable is the
audacity and Virtual Recorder these has its features to saved and
you can create mp3 files format. Those mentioned apps is freeware
and at the same time it is doable with nvda. And, lastly, for the
email client I often used Thunderbird but Win 10 has this built-in
Mail apps where you can save and have it setup your mail whether
IMAP or POP account. In the other note, you can play around and
explore these mentioned software which gives you an edge to
familiarize the shortcut keys and how does it works until you
decide which you may think that best fit for your needs. Again, if
you have any further question please don't hesitate to message
here and surely someone here from the list will helps you.
Robert Mendoza
On 5/22/2016 3:11 PM, Jolene Cardenas
wrote:
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Hello once more,
Thank you for your responses, for I enjoyed reading them a lot!
Further specs: My Web browser is the latest version of Firefox (even
though a sighted friend told me that Google Chrome was better), my
default media player is Windows Media Player 12 (not The Groove Music
from Windows 10), and Gmail is the only e-mail source I use. Since
Windows 10 doesn't come with the Sound Recorder program like how
previous versions of Windows does, I'm missing it a lot because I use
it for Podcasting and other projects. Can any Windows 10 user
recommend any sound-recording program that would work well with it +
NVDA? I'd appreciate your feedback so much.
Just FYI: I have no usable vision in both eyes to read large print so
I'm totally dependent on NVDA to do all my reading out loud for me.
Take care, and have a good day.
sincerely,
Jolene.
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Here is my view of points concerning to your message. First about
the browser, most of the time I used to work well with Firefox,
and which I think is the best and most accessible but again, it
may defer your preferences of working you do. Second, about the
recording apps that there are the two that is commendable is the
audacity and Virtual Recorder these has its features to saved and
you can create mp3 files format. Those mentioned apps is freeware
and at the same time it is doable with nvda. And, lastly, for the
email client I often used Thunderbird but Win 10 has this built-in
Mail apps where you can save and have it setup your mail whether
IMAP or POP account. In the other note, you can play around and
explore these mentioned software which gives you an edge to
familiarize the shortcut keys and how does it works until you
decide which you may think that best fit for your needs. Again, if
you have any further question please don't hesitate to message
here and surely someone here from the list will helps you.
Robert Mendoza
On 5/22/2016 3:11 PM, Jolene Cardenas
wrote:
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Hello once more,
Thank you for your responses, for I enjoyed reading them a lot!
Further specs: My Web browser is the latest version of Firefox (even
though a sighted friend told me that Google Chrome was better), my
default media player is Windows Media Player 12 (not The Groove Music
from Windows 10), and Gmail is the only e-mail source I use. Since
Windows 10 doesn't come with the Sound Recorder program like how
previous versions of Windows does, I'm missing it a lot because I use
it for Podcasting and other projects. Can any Windows 10 user
recommend any sound-recording program that would work well with it +
NVDA? I'd appreciate your feedback so much.
Just FYI: I have no usable vision in both eyes to read large print so
I'm totally dependent on NVDA to do all my reading out loud for me.
Take care, and have a good day.
sincerely,
Jolene.
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Re: Windows 10 shortcuts to items
Joe Hunter <joehunter@...>
On 22/05/2016 10:10, Brian's Mail list account wrote: I'm looking to make simpler some things in 10. I find having to search for stuff long winded and also access via a huge tree of interconnected dialogues is also a bit slow. For example, how can one get to just a list of drives on the computer, how can one get to the main screen of windows defender to do manual scans. These are just two of the things I can do in windows 7, very easily, but seem to be very irritatingly awkward on 10. I have found the sound level of running programs dialogue and put a shortcut to it, and this works, but in many cases in 10, despite classic shell, and being an admin, I get blocked by you are not allowed to do this or that, but when it is accessed via loads of menues links and whatever, it goes there quite happily. I seldom myself use start menu, preferring to get things either ron the desktop or to put a folder of the shortcuts on the desktop. This saves a lot of messing about in searches and scrolling up and down start menus to find its been listed under some daft letter rather than the logical one. Brian
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I'm looking to make simpler some things in 10. I find having to search for stuff long winded and also access via a huge tree of interconnected dialogues is also a bit slow. For example, how can one get to just a list of drives on the computer, how can one get to the main screen of windows defender to do manual scans. These are just two of the things I can do in windows 7, very easily, but seem to be very irritatingly awkward on 10. I have found the sound level of running programs dialogue and put a shortcut to it, and this works, but in many cases in 10, despite classic shell, and being an admin, I get blocked by you are not allowed to do this or that, but when it is accessed via loads of menues links and whatever, it goes there quite happily. I seldom myself use start menu, preferring to get things either ron the desktop or to put a folder of the shortcuts on the desktop. This saves a lot of messing about in searches and scrolling up and down start menus to find its been listed under some daft letter rather than the logical one. Brian
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Re: next release of nvda:
Mr. Wong Chi Wai <cwwong.pro@...>
Looking forward for that.
Bhavya shah 於 21/5/2016 17:53 寫道:
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Hi Gene, Oddly enough, I received your mail thrice. Anyways, it being NVDA's 10th anniversary, NV Access had indicated a potential delay in releasing NVDA 2015.2, and that is confirmed by a slightly late translation freeze. All the same, we hopefully will have NVDA 2016.2 live soon enough. Thanks.
On 5/21/16, Gene New Zealand <hurrikennyandopo@outlook.co.nz> wrote:
Hi
Usually it is around the 23rd of feb, may, aug, and nov if all goes well. From what I hear this release might be delayed, but when it is released there will be a email coming into your inbox, or nvda will want to upgrade if the auto updater is turned on or there will be chatter on the list.
Gene nz
On 21/05/2016 7:25 AM, Kenny Peyattt jr. wrote: Hi when will the next version of nvda be released? Kenny Peyattt jr.
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I find most of the time, even in xp I seldom used the start menu, preferring to make shortcuts eithe directly on the desktop or in a shortcut to a folder of shortcuts for the less used stuff. This of course was easier in xp as you could access all areas, but in 7 and 10, this s seems to be an issue where you cannot get at the folder with the start menu shortcuts in it, forcing you either to find the executable and make one or to try to hack into the security settings. its a good job my hair is already white! Brian
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Everiss" <sm.everiss@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, AAh yeah I agree on search even in 7 I havn't used file search that much unless I have a large list. Ok so maybe I need to practice the start menu a bit more maybe I just need to get used to it.
On 21/05/2016 9:51 p.m., Pete wrote:
hi Shaun
The apps thing is a big list of all the programs installed on your computer. You can navigate using down and up arrow keys. Use the application key for pinning to start screen / etc. I like the start screen, kind of like a second desktop. I unpinned every thing from it and just pinned what I wanted up there. I just have recycle bin on the desktop. Recycle bin can be hidden or removed from the desktop I think.
I don't care for the file manager with the search! I mean come on how many search boxes do we really need?
I'll even go as far as I like the start screen better than the start menus from 98 and up. It's the greatest thing m s has done in a long while.
Pete
On 5/21/2016 3:24 AM, Shaun Everiss wrote:
Well to be honest, I upgraded 1 machine to 10 that I have access to. Here is where I stand with 10. When I do eventually upgrade I am confident that with all the advances with features, lockscreens, and other things that I can probably use 10 at least the desktop with vary little modification to the registry. While now that the system has done with indexing I can do single letter search in start and it actually comes up fine. 3. I am confidant that with all the things ms has at least for the desktop I will be fine. 5. I know some of my way round bits of the new ribbon. 6. I am sure with ribbon disabler, and classic shell I may be able to make it look 7 like. 6. I think I am getting used to the task manager bits of action centre and settings. What I havn't figured out are the apps just yet or the ms account thing. I think in the short term if I need to I will be able to use 10 without any real issue.
On 21/05/2016 9:31 a.m., Scott VanDeWalle wrote:
i am positibve that all will be working well within the next little bit, as in maybe the next few official win 10 updates. Ms keeps saying by the end of this year. So let's all hope so.
Scott Original message:
I found Edge very annoying, too, when I first upgraded to Windows 10. Although I would set Firefox as default it would still popup as settings. I tried to uninstall it but could not. I took it to a computer shop and they at least they got rid of the settings popup. I avoid using Cortana just because of Edge. Google is my homepage and search engine. On 5/20/16, Gene <gsasner@ripco.com> wrote:
There are certain things that only work with Edge regardless of whether you had a choice before. Recently, Microsoft made certain things use Edge regardless of what is set as the default browser. There may only be two of these things. I know one had something to do with search, perhaps searching somehow in the start menu. Whatever the case, if you set another browser as the default and something brings up Edge, then you probably have no choice but to do whatever you want to do directly from within the browser you want to use. Gene ----- Original Message -----
From: Pascal Lambert Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:12 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
Greetings,
I find Edge very slow, it takes few mins to have voice feedback when it is launched. I tried to get rid of it and make Firefox the default but it comes back in certain situations. Is there a way to completely disabled it? I prefer using Firefox even though lately it is having problem with Flash player acting strangely. Any suggestions on these issues is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Blessings
Pascal
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:44 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
There is more than just speed to consider. Firefox still uses a different interface and it is a more convenient interface. Chrome shows all sorts of things such as history and settings as web pages. Firefox has a lot more add ons. Firefox has a document reading feature that blind people can use. I tried using a Chrome add on for this purpose and I couldn't use it. I don't know if there are other Chrome add ons that implement this feature.
It appears to me that Chrome hasn't even put short cut commands on some or many of its menu items. That sore of thing is and has been standard since the mid-nineties.
Gene
From: P. Otter
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:54 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
ofr me it's the same!
chrome is in the most situations nice and quick, more than most other browsers.
google has made accessibility extentions it is recommanded to install for example the extention that let you navigate with the arrow keys.
cheers
paul otter
----- Original Message -----
From: Bobby
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hay very good news google crome is now accessible as well. I now use it as my default browser
On 5/20/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Beasley wrote:
That browser is not fully accessible. Use internet explorer or Mozilla firefox.
From: ken lawrence via Groups.io
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:16 PM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hi listers ken here have a vexing problem. on two local radio stations namely WOLD-lp, and WMGQ in NJ I can’t seem to find the listen live. on WOLD the problem is simpler. the listen live appears as a heading, but not as a link, clickable graphic or button just the words listen live. this is the only way to listen to the station without tunein radio since they have change from a winamp based stream to a flash based popup player. they have changed stream providors. what must they do to make there stream appear as a link and not just the words listen live? then on Magic 98.3 the problem is even stranger. in order to listen to all greater-media owned stations you must register for their listener clubs. in the case of magic 98.3 additionally you are only able to listen to them if you live in NJ, Pa area. same with active rock station WDHA in dover NJ. must assume the same condition is true with WRAT the jersey shore based rocker. I have tried on three different browsers to log into the station and the listen live is nowhere. no button, no links, no graphics. there are listen links connected to interviews/features but not the stream. didn’t try the word play but no play buttons exist then just now using the edge browser with NVDA clearly hit the letter f found the edit field, but when entered the stupid site thought Oh you searched for your email address, sorry no such thing. so edge is obviously out since NVDA can’t seem to focus on the right edit field. so my question is this, how do I advise the webmasters of both radio stations? especially magic 98.3 since I’m technically a music club member? the websites for both are www.woldradio.com for oldies 107.9 and www.magic983.com for WMGQ. perhaps someone with partial sight can advise on this one. is it a fix on my end possibly?
-- We have probed the Earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it... That does not fit my definition of a good tenant. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago. -Rose Bird
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Well do give up on the one with windoze 10, as it is rubbish. I don't know what they were thinking when they created it and made it default. its got to the stage now that even vendors who sell pcs alter it to Ie or Firefox, so the experience for sighted users must be a bit naff as well. I think we have heard enough of this now. I only recently got a windows 10 machine and can see, well hear, how awful it actually is. Brian
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby" <bvinton@optonline.net> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, The alt key does not work only the tab key works. When red stone comes out Microsoft says things will get better than they are now. Just don't give up. On 5/21/2016 12:21 PM, Pascal Lambert wrote: Thanks everybody for the info on using Edge. Please, how does one access the pull down menus in Edge? I keep hitting the “alt-key” and nothing happens. Is there another way in Edge? All the alt key commands of IE seem to be deactivated when I launch Edge. Please advise. Also, I have a set home page, Edge ignores it and goes to the default each time.
Many thanks.
Blessings
Pascal
*From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] *On Behalf Of *David Moore *Sent:* Friday, May 20, 2016 6:54 PM *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io *Subject:* Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
Hi,
I urge you to get the NvDA add on, Windows 10 app assentials. This add on makes NVDA able to access all of the results of Cortana in Edge. Cortana can already do much more than Siri on an iPhone, so I really encourage you to give Cortana and Edge to get her results another try after you install the NVDA add on Windows 10 app assentials that Joseph Lee programs. Using Cortana and accessing the results with NvDA already makes me much more efficient with doing my work. You do not have to do a lot of browsing to find what you want, because Cortana does such a good job of narrowing down what you need and you can read the results right away in Edge and totally access it with NVDA. I just want you to know how much I am getting out of Cortana and Edge by installing that add on to NVDA. Take care.
*From:*Greg Wocher <mailto:gwocher@gwocher.com>
*Sent:*Friday, May 20, 2016 5:02 PM
*To:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Subject:*Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
Hello,
Unfortunately there is not a way to disable edge entirely. There are times when it will automatically be used no matter what you have your default browser set to. One instance that comes to mind is when doing a search with Kortana. The search results will always come up in edge.
Regards,
Greg Wocher
On 5/20/2016 4:12 PM, Pascal Lambert wrote:
Greetings,
I find Edge very slow, it takes few mins to have voice feedback when it is launched. I tried to get rid of it and make Firefox the default but it comes back in certain situations. Is there a way to completely disabled it? I prefer using Firefox even though lately it is having problem with Flash player acting strangely. Any suggestions on these issues is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Blessings
Pascal
*From:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] *On Behalf Of *Gene *Sent:* Friday, May 20, 2016 3:44 PM *To:* nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io> *Subject:* Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
There is more than just speed to consider. Firefox still uses a different interface and it is a more convenient interface. Chrome shows all sorts of things such as history and settings as web pages. Firefox has a lot more add ons. Firefox has a document reading feature that blind people can use. I tried using a Chrome add on for this purpose and I couldn't use it. I don't know if there are other Chrome add ons that implement this feature.
It appears to me that Chrome hasn't even put short cut commands on some or many of its menu items. That sore of thing is and has been standard since the mid-nineties.
Gene
*From:*P. Otter <mailto:pam.otter@gmail.com>
*Sent:*Friday, May 20, 2016 11:54 AM
*To:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Subject:*Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
ofr me it's the same!
chrome is in the most situations nice and quick, more than most other browsers.
google has made accessibility extentions it is recommanded to install for example the extention that let you navigate with the arrow keys.
cheers
paul otter
----- Original Message -----
*From:*Bobby <mailto:bvinton@optonline.net>
*To:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Sent:*Friday, May 20, 2016 6:36 PM
*Subject:*Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hay very good news google crome is now accessible as well. I now use it as my default browser
On 5/20/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Beasley wrote:
That browser is not fully accessible. Use internet explorer or Mozilla firefox.
*From:*ken lawrence via Groups.io <mailto:kenlawrence124=aol.com@groups.io>
*Sent:*Friday, May 20, 2016 4:16 PM
*To:*nvda@nvda.groups.io <mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io>
*Subject:*[nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hi listers ken here have a vexing problem. on two local radio stations namely WOLD-lp, and WMGQ in NJ I can’t seem to find the listen live. on WOLD the problem is simpler. the listen live appears as a heading, but not as a link, clickable graphic or button just the words listen live. this is the only way to listen to the station without tunein radio since they have change from a winamp based stream to a flash based popup player. they have changed stream providors. what must they do to make there stream appear as a link and not just the words listen live? then on Magic 98.3 the problem is even stranger. in order to listen to all greater-media owned stations you must register for their listener clubs. in the case of magic 98.3 additionally you are only able to listen to them if you live in NJ, Pa area. same with active rock station WDHA in dover NJ. must assume the same condition is true with WRAT the jersey shore based rocker. I have tried on three different browsers to log into the station and the listen live is nowhere. no button, no links, no graphics. there are listen links connected to interviews/features but not the stream. didn’t try the word play but no play buttons exist then just now using the edge browser with NVDA clearly hit the letter f found the edit field, but when entered the stupid site thought Oh you searched for your email address, sorry no such thing. so edge is obviously out since NVDA can’t seem to focus on the right edit field. so my question is this, how do I advise the webmasters of both radio stations? especially magic 98.3 since I’m technically a music club member? the websites for both are www.woldradio.com <http://www.woldradio.com> for oldies 107.9 and www.magic983.com <http://www.magic983.com> for WMGQ. perhaps someone with partial sight can advise on this one. is it a fix on my end possibly?
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Re: NVDA does not say "copied to clipboard"
Brian's Mail list account BY <bglists@...>
This is surely an add on is it not? Maybe its been corrupted in some way. Of course its not real is it its a fake to make it seem like its done it. Brian
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik Steyn" <groothendrik.steyn@gmail.com> To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 7:38 AM Subject: [nvda] NVDA does not say "copied to clipboard" Hi all
I suddenly realised NVDA does not say "Copied to clipboard" or "cut to clipboard" any more when I perform these actions. Why does this happen and is it possible to make it say this again? It does not bother me much, but I was just curious.
Kindest Hendrik
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Welcome Jolene.
Chris
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-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jolene Cardenas Sent: 22 May 2016 03:47 To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] New Member
Hello everyone,
I just joined this group a week or so ago, and I'm visually-impaired and from Honolulu, Hawaii. More importantly, I had started using NVDA during the summer of 2015 and to this day I find that I like it far better than JAWS, the latter which I had used since the late 90's. In february of this year, I got a new Asus laptop that has Windows 10 Home as its operating system.
The main reason why I had joined this group is to be in touch with other users of NVDA with Windows 10, because I had used Windows 7 Professional before I had to teach myself how to use Windows 10. It's still a struggle for me, so I could sure use some feedback!
Take care, and have a good day.
sincerely,
Jolene.
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Re: This is your soon to retire moderator speaking: thread locked for now: browsing with edge,
Hi everyone, It appears either we were too passionate about our arguments, or passing around our experiences and stories from various places. To protect the list from possible flame wars, this thread will be locked until an arbitration hearing takes place. Anyone involved in this thread, please contact Nimer, Gene and I at nvda+owner@groups.io so one of us can schedule an arbitration hearing. Once you are invited to this hearing (or choose to attend this), please abide by these rules: * Please be respectful when presenting your case and/or defending your position and conduct. * Please listen to the other side before responding. * Please do NOT respond to further messages in this thread during arbitration hearing (hence the locked flag). We'll return to the regularly scheduled program in this thread once this hearing is over. * The moderators will try our best to be impartial and will ensure speedy process. * In case a decision is made, you will be able to appeal it. Due to the nature of this conversation, I think this will not warrant membership moderation. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, Joseph
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-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 11:51 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, DOn’t worry, I am sick and tired of these comments too. I have a Windows 10 laptop to mess about on, upgraded from Windows 7, and it works fine yet it is at least five years old. Please, for goodness sake, stop discouraging those who wish to upgrade or buy a Windows 10 PC. Cheers. On 21 May 2016, at 21:28, Lino Morales <linomorales001@gmail.com> wrote:
Just because Edge isn't yet accessible to us screen readers yet doesn't mean WIN 10 is not bad. I'm actually getting sick and tired of seeing comments like this on this list. Just because 1 piece of software doesn't work don't mean the whole OS is crap. Grow up you all and do your research befor upgrading or buying a WIN 10 PC.
On 5/20/2016 5:31 PM, Peter Beasley wrote:
Sounds like another reason not to upgrade to windows 10.
From: Gene Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 10:03 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
There are certain things that only work with Edge regardless of whether you had a choice before. Recently, Microsoft made certain things use Edge regardless of what is set as the default browser. There may only be two of these things. I know one had something to do with search, perhaps searching somehow in the start menu. Whatever the case, if you set another browser as the default and something brings up Edge, then you probably have no choice but to do whatever you want to do directly from within the browser you want to use.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Pascal Lambert Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:12 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
Greetings, I find Edge very slow, it takes few mins to have voice feedback when it is launched. I tried to get rid of it and make Firefox the default but it comes back in certain situations. Is there a way to completely disabled it? I prefer using Firefox even though lately it is having problem with Flash player acting strangely. Any suggestions on these issues is greatly appreciated. Many thanks Blessings Pascal
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:44 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
There is more than just speed to consider. Firefox still uses a different interface and it is a more convenient interface. Chrome shows all sorts of things such as history and settings as web pages. Firefox has a lot more add ons. Firefox has a document reading feature that blind people can use. I tried using a Chrome add on for this purpose and I couldn't use it. I don't know if there are other Chrome add ons that implement this feature. It appears to me that Chrome hasn't even put short cut commands on some or many of its menu items. That sore of thing is and has been standard since the mid-nineties.
Gene
From: P. Otter Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:54 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
ofr me it's the same! chrome is in the most situations nice and quick, more than most other browsers. google has made accessibility extentions it is recommanded to install for example the extention that let you navigate with the arrow keys. cheers paul otter
----- Original Message ----- From: Bobby To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hay very good news google crome is now accessible as well. I now use it as my default browser
On 5/20/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Beasley wrote: That browser is not fully accessible. Use internet explorer or Mozilla firefox.
From: ken lawrence via Groups.io Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:16 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hi listers ken here have a vexing problem. on two local radio stations namely WOLD-lp, and WMGQ in NJ I can’t seem to find the listen live. on WOLD the problem is simpler. the listen live appears as a heading, but not as a link, clickable graphic or button just the words listen live. this is the only way to listen to the station without tunein radio since they have change from a winamp based stream to a flash based popup player. they have changed stream providors. what must they do to make there stream appear as a link and not just the words listen live? then on Magic 98.3 the problem is even stranger. in order to listen to all greater-media owned stations you must register for their listener clubs. in the case of magic 98.3 additionally you are only able to listen to them if you live in NJ, Pa area. same with active rock station WDHA in dover NJ. must assume the same condition is true with WRAT the jersey shore based rocker. I have tried on three different browsers to log into the station and the listen live is nowhere. no button, no links, no graphics. there are listen links connected to interviews/features but not the stream. didn’t try the word play but no play buttons exist then just now using the edge browser with NVDA clearly hit the letter f found the edit field, but when entered the stupid site thought Oh you searched for your email address, sorry no such thing. so edge is obviously out since NVDA can’t seem to focus on the right edit field. so my question is this, how do I advise the webmasters of both radio stations? especially magic 98.3 since I’m technically a music club member? the websites for both are www.woldradio.com for oldies 107.9 and www.magic983.com for WMGQ. perhaps someone with partial sight can advise on this one. is it a fix on my end possibly?
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Hello Jolene, Welcome to NVDA list. Some of the well-known programs are Audacity, GoldWave, Sound Forge and others (I personally use GoldWave for producing podcasts, and I'm the author of the GoldWave NVDA add-on and am also serving as the head list rep of a dedicated Windows 10 group). Cheers, Joseph
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-----Original Message----- From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jolene Cardenas Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 12:12 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] New Member (5)
Hello once more,
Thank you for your responses, for I enjoyed reading them a lot!
Further specs: My Web browser is the latest version of Firefox (even though a sighted friend told me that Google Chrome was better), my default media player is Windows Media Player 12 (not The Groove Music from Windows 10), and Gmail is the only e-mail source I use. Since Windows 10 doesn't come with the Sound Recorder program like how previous versions of Windows does, I'm missing it a lot because I use it for Podcasting and other projects. Can any Windows 10 user recommend any sound-recording program that would work well with it + NVDA? I'd appreciate your feedback so much.
Just FYI: I have no usable vision in both eyes to read large print so I'm totally dependent on NVDA to do all my reading out loud for me.
Take care, and have a good day.
sincerely,
Jolene.
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Hello once more,
Thank you for your responses, for I enjoyed reading them a lot!
Further specs: My Web browser is the latest version of Firefox (even though a sighted friend told me that Google Chrome was better), my default media player is Windows Media Player 12 (not The Groove Music from Windows 10), and Gmail is the only e-mail source I use. Since Windows 10 doesn't come with the Sound Recorder program like how previous versions of Windows does, I'm missing it a lot because I use it for Podcasting and other projects. Can any Windows 10 user recommend any sound-recording program that would work well with it + NVDA? I'd appreciate your feedback so much.
Just FYI: I have no usable vision in both eyes to read large print so I'm totally dependent on NVDA to do all my reading out loud for me.
Take care, and have a good day.
sincerely,
Jolene.
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christopher hallsworth <challsworth2@...>
DOn’t worry, I am sick and tired of these comments too. I have a Windows 10 laptop to mess about on, upgraded from Windows 7, and it works fine yet it is at least five years old. Please, for goodness sake, stop discouraging those who wish to upgrade or buy a Windows 10 PC. Cheers.
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On 21 May 2016, at 21:28, Lino Morales <linomorales001@gmail.com> wrote:
Just because Edge isn't yet accessible to us screen readers yet doesn't mean WIN 10 is not bad. I'm actually getting sick and tired of seeing comments like this on this list. Just because 1 piece of software doesn't work don't mean the whole OS is crap. Grow up you all and do your research befor upgrading or buying a WIN 10 PC.
On 5/20/2016 5:31 PM, Peter Beasley wrote:
Sounds like another reason not to upgrade to windows 10.
From: Gene Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 10:03 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
There are certain things that only work with Edge regardless of whether you had a choice before. Recently, Microsoft made certain things use Edge regardless of what is set as the default browser. There may only be two of these things. I know one had something to do with search, perhaps searching somehow in the start menu. Whatever the case, if you set another browser as the default and something brings up Edge, then you probably have no choice but to do whatever you want to do directly from within the browser you want to use.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Pascal Lambert Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:12 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge,
Greetings, I find Edge very slow, it takes few mins to have voice feedback when it is launched. I tried to get rid of it and make Firefox the default but it comes back in certain situations. Is there a way to completely disabled it? I prefer using Firefox even though lately it is having problem with Flash player acting strangely. Any suggestions on these issues is greatly appreciated. Many thanks Blessings Pascal
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gene Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:44 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
There is more than just speed to consider. Firefox still uses a different interface and it is a more convenient interface. Chrome shows all sorts of things such as history and settings as web pages. Firefox has a lot more add ons. Firefox has a document reading feature that blind people can use. I tried using a Chrome add on for this purpose and I couldn't use it. I don't know if there are other Chrome add ons that implement this feature. It appears to me that Chrome hasn't even put short cut commands on some or many of its menu items. That sore of thing is and has been standard since the mid-nineties.
Gene
From: P. Otter Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 11:54 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
ofr me it's the same! chrome is in the most situations nice and quick, more than most other browsers. google has made accessibility extentions it is recommanded to install for example the extention that let you navigate with the arrow keys. cheers paul otter
----- Original Message ----- From: Bobby To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hay very good news google crome is now accessible as well. I now use it as my default browser
On 5/20/2016 12:32 PM, Peter Beasley wrote: That browser is not fully accessible. Use internet explorer or Mozilla firefox.
From: ken lawrence via Groups.io Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 4:16 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] browsing with edge, and finding links that aren't links
Hi listers ken here have a vexing problem. on two local radio stations namely WOLD-lp, and WMGQ in NJ I can’t seem to find the listen live. on WOLD the problem is simpler. the listen live appears as a heading, but not as a link, clickable graphic or button just the words listen live. this is the only way to listen to the station without tunein radio since they have change from a winamp based stream to a flash based popup player. they have changed stream providors. what must they do to make there stream appear as a link and not just the words listen live? then on Magic 98.3 the problem is even stranger. in order to listen to all greater-media owned stations you must register for their listener clubs. in the case of magic 98.3 additionally you are only able to listen to them if you live in NJ, Pa area. same with active rock station WDHA in dover NJ. must assume the same condition is true with WRAT the jersey shore based rocker. I have tried on three different browsers to log into the station and the listen live is nowhere. no button, no links, no graphics. there are listen links connected to interviews/features but not the stream. didn’t try the word play but no play buttons exist then just now using the edge browser with NVDA clearly hit the letter f found the edit field, but when entered the stupid site thought Oh you searched for your email address, sorry no such thing. so edge is obviously out since NVDA can’t seem to focus on the right edit field. so my question is this, how do I advise the webmasters of both radio stations? especially magic 98.3 since I’m technically a music club member? the websites for both are www.woldradio.com for oldies 107.9 and www.magic983.com for WMGQ. perhaps someone with partial sight can advise on this one. is it a fix on my end possibly?
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