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Re: a question about the new edge browser
Hareth
Loy,
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I got the monthly update the list doesn't contain the new edge. Installed all of them, restarted PC, still no new edge. The new online installer did it, Its definitely a big plus over the old edge browser. BTW, the last beta build number, is the same as it is with the stable one. The difference is, the stable build replace the old system edge.
On 1/15/20, Loy <loyrg2845@gmail.com> wrote:
Updates usually are not posted until after 9 AM and the Edge update will not
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Re: a question about the new edge browser
Loy <loyrg2845@...>
Updates usually are not posted until after 9 AM and the Edge update will not happen for everyone at the same time.
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a question about the new edge browser
Hi all.
On the subject of edge, it may come past in the next update pass. It is supposed to be out today. Usually updates come out between 5 am and 8 am new zealand time, equate that to your timezone. There is a windowsupdate twitter and blog which will tell you to. Currently if I search for edge I get a page which states thats its almost there. I'm not going to push it if it doesn't. Yes you can install edge stable yourself, and you can also just as quickly remove it. I'd wait for the full system integrated version myself. There are a few pinned icons and links to word and other microsoft online things to manage when you do at least with the stable version. Some of these I do not personally like. It does seam that you will have to make sure you reset your internet brouser though after install as things became a little messed up after install when I did it. It will be interesting what this eventually does. For myself I do wander things like what chrome will do and the differences between it and chrome will truely be. Most people in the house are chrome users and I am a waterfox user and this will not change that much as everything we have is up there. I fully presume microsoft edge will only allow native connection to microsoft services but who knows.
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Unread/Read Status of Messages Broken In Thunderbird With 2019.3 Beta 2
Ron Canazzi
Hi Group,
For some reason, when I installed 2019.3 beta 2, when I read the status line and/or navigate with up/down arrow keys, the read/unread status of message is inconsistent or incorrect. I wonder if anyone else is experiencing this issue. I am using Thunderbird 60.4--the last fully compatible version of Thunderbird. -- 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: Elementary Question I'm afraid: How do I access the toolbars on screen with NVDA?
Jonathan COHN
I usually avoid tool bars and go directly to menus, that being said, I don’t think that either JAWS or NVDA does any special functioning to access them. So, did you try the keystroke you were using in JAWS? Also, might help if you indicate the program you are having issues with. Jonathan
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nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> External email alert: Be wary of links & attachments. Hi all,
The subject line says it all. I apologise that this is probably an elementary question. I’m asking because I’ve only recently started using NVDA as my main Screenreader, and Jaws as secondary (only when I have to). Until recently I prioritised them the other way round.
Thanks, Clive
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Re: Dropbox interfering with NVDA when reading Word files
Thanks for posting this on here, Clive. I was the person who posted it on the BCAB group becuase I was pretty sure it was a DropBox issue and not an NVDA one.
David, thank you so much for your info about turning the badges notification off ... that has worked a treat :) Giles
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Re: NVDA and express vpn
Mobeen Iqbal
I never use the bundled VPN apps as they can be rendered inaccessible with software updates. If you use windows built in VPN client or open VPN which most if not all VPN's support these days, you will be fine as both approaches are accessible. Cheers, Mo.
On 15/01/2020 15:25, Giles Turnbull
wrote:
I used Express VPN for the year between September 2018 and 2019 while I was living in a uni hall of residence so wanted to minimise any potential wifi snooping.
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Re: NVDA and express vpn
I used Express VPN for the year between September 2018 and 2019 while I was living in a uni hall of residence so wanted to minimise any potential wifi snooping.
I found Express VPN very hard to use with NVDA. I figured out which button to press to turn the VPN on (none of the buttons are spoken as anything other than "button") and I could hear the label next to the switch network .... but it never gave me any alternative VPN networks other than the one it was connected to ... maybe it did list other networks but didn't speak them ... whatever the reason Express VPN worked as far as connecting to one single VPN network, but nothing at all more than that. I haven't tried using a VPN since the Express VPN experience, but do read any posts about them on here in case something easy to use does get suggested :) Giles
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Re: Alternatives to Excel
Hmmm firstly do you still have your old excell licence key or office licence key at all?
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Do you have your office cd at all? You probably can get that back, however be aware that office 2007 I think is about to be out of support. I have used libre office on a cloud system and its worked well enough. You can always buy another office, either a so called recycled key from ebay and take the risk that its fake, get into the office home program if working in a company I think its called home use, or simply buy office. Right now, I think you still can buy office versions 2013 and up and while 2019 the latest is best they still update 2016 regularly. The support and updates on 2013 that I have on another system are getting less but still it can be done. There is office 365 to subscribe to if you are looking to that point and if you run the office program in windows you can get it. I havn't used openoffice extensively enough to know if it or libre will work for your needs or not. I have used libre as part of a home solution and it does for the most part seem to work well. Office online may be another option for you, I am not sure how well that works.
On 16/01/2020 12:43 am, Chris Mullins wrote:
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Re: a question about the new edge browser
Hareth
It hasn't been bundled with windows update as expected here.
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had to look for it and found the online installer from the stable channel link, It did replace the old ugly edge. Here is the URL: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/downloadEdge.aspx?ProductreleaseID=Edge&;platform=Default&version=Edge&source=EdgeInsiderPage&Channel=Stable&language=en
On 1/15/20, Shaun Everiss <sm.everiss@gmail.com> wrote:
To be honest I am happy they didn't role all of it out today.
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Re: Dropbox interfering with NVDA when reading Word files
Clive Lever
Thanks,
I’ll give that a go and report back.
Best, Clive
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of David Griffith
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 10:15 AM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: Re: [nvda] Dropbox interfering with NVDA when reading Word files
Not at all stupid Clive.
First of all Windows plus B to get to the notification area / system tray. If you hear notification chevron you should press space on that to open up all your system tray icons to view. You can change settings so that your icons all show all the time but I will give instructions for that in another email if needed. Now cursor left or right until you hear DropBox. If for whatever reason you miss this and hear notification chevron again then press space on this to make sure all your icons are showing. As soon as you hear DropBox press the space bar. This should open up the context menu in DropBox’s case – it does on my system. From this menu select preferences. Tab down to the section where it talks about badges and set this to never show and your problems with opening Office documents should disappear.
N>B A regrettable feature of the system tray in Windows is that the key to open up the context menu varies. Sometimes it is enter, sometimes it is space as in this case and sometimes it is the application key. You need to experiment with each icon to see what works. David Griffith
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Clive Lever
Thanks David,
It always sounds stupid, but how do I get to Dropbox in the system tray?
Thanks, Clive
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io [mailto:nvda@nvda.groups.io] On Behalf Of David Griffith
I don’t know if my original suggestion ever got posted but this problem disappeared for me when I went to DropBox preferences in the system tray and turned badges notifications to never show in the General tab.
I have never, since doing this, had had any issue opening Office Files of any kind in my DropBox under Windows.
I mention this again as it seems not to have been discussed as an obvious solution despite my trying to post it yesterday. David Griffith From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Abbie Taylor
Shaun, I'm having the same issue as Clive. I usually open files directly in Word, no matter where they are. I still have this issue with files in Dropbox whether I'm opening them there or in Word. Fortunately, I don't need those files in Dropbox, so I've moved them to a different location.
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Help getting NVDA to read descriptions of elements in SVGs
Paddy Uglow <paddy.uglow@...>
Hi, This is my first post here – I develop learning resources for a university and we want to make them NVDA-friendly.
I’m currently working on a decision tree, which can be seen here: https://www.creativemedia.org.uk/interactive-trees/filtration-tryout.html
I want to add an invisible description to each node on the tree to help NVDA users navigate. Below is part of the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) from the page: I’ve used the aria-label tag to explain where the node fits in the tree, but my NVDA doesn’t read it out. I’ve also tried title, alt and label in various places but they don’t get read out either. Can anyone give me any hints or solutions? All I can think of is to use a hidden <div> which I don’t think is an ideal solution. Thank you
<svg width="950" height="800"> <g class="node" transform="translate(697.5,95)"> <foreignObject tabindex="0" focusable="true" height="48" aria-label="Option for choice, 'An example of a decision tree.'" width="110" x="-55" class="nodestyle">Keep liquid</foreignObject> </g> </svg>
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Re: Accessible password managers, again.
FireFox is one of your best bets, but if you need to manually export your passwords for whatever reason, that's not easy to do. It is accessible though, and can generate strong passwords but I've never gotten FireFox's generator to work with the keyboard. Managing passwords is accessible, though. Chromium Edge is far better at doing this, in all aspects, though.
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Re: State of the NvDA Remote add-on: NV Access sent patches to add-on authors
Salvador Domenech Miguel
Oh yas. Thank you so much, because is an add-on really interesting for people who gives support and something like that.
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Cheers.
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Re: State of the NvDA Remote add-on: NV Access sent patches to add-on authors
Kara Goldfinch
Joseph, This is fantastic news. Thanks for letting us all know. Kara
On 14/01/2020 23:36, Joseph Lee wrote:
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Re: Alternatives to Excel
cecropia64
hi:
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open office is also a good alternative. works very well and more or less replaces Microsoft Office. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles but if you just want spread sheetts and documents, it works well.
On 1/15/2020 6:53 AM, René Linke wrote:
Hi,
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Re: Alternatives to Excel
René Linke <rene.linke@...>
Hi,
LibreOffice is now very accessible because it is getting many updates in short time (improvements, security fixes, etc.). René
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Alternatives to Excel
Chris Mullins
Hi
A hard disk crash has seen off my copy of Excel 2007 so I'm looking for an alternative amongst Open Office, Libra Office and Google. Are there any NVDA users out there that could give me feedback regarding the accessibility of these products and whether I could still access my existing Excel format spreadsheets with any or all of them? Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Chris
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Re: NVDA and express vpn
Vlad Dragomir
Hello,
The Windows app isn't accessible at all, and I truly mean it when I say so. The android version is better, it does have some issues but they are not essential. On the other hand, the service is of a very good quality. My work around is to connect manually on Windows, without using their software. Regards, Vlad.
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Re: Excel and VBa 2010 Questions
Pele West
Hi chris
Thanks for writing and confirming that I am not going mad. JAWS and Window-Eyes do not seem to have this problem with VBA code. I really don't want to have to copy the code to Notepad unless I have to. Pele
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