Tell us how you really feel!
--Lou, K2LKK
At 12:21 PM 9/24/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>that god awful 7.1 just came out a couple months ago, I believe 8.0 is
>waiting for Vista's release, or the date to be set at least.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:36 AM
>Subject: Re: Heads up: NortonAntivirus/Norton Internet Security 2007
>incompatib...
>
>
> > Harvey and all:
> >
> > I don't know if it'd do any good, but maybe someone on the list would
> > like
> > to forward this info onto the tech people at Freedom Scientific, so that
> > they could start designing a fix for the problem for the next major Jaws
> > upgrade.
> >
> > In fact, now that I think of it, isn't it about time for Jaws 8.0 to come
> > out?
> >
> > I thought the new upgrades came out in September, or at least sometime in
> > the Fall of each year.
> >
> > Anyway, this is just a thought.
> >
> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Harvey" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:24 AM
> > Subject: Fw: Heads up: NortonAntivirus/Norton Internet Security 2007
> > incompatib...
> >
> >
> >> Keep in mind that this is one person's opinion, but I thought maybe
> >> people
> >> should see this who are thinking of buying Norton 2007. 73.
> >> Harvey Heagy (N.5.H.A.U.)
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello, As a long time user of Symantec products, I am saddened to inform
> >> everyone that the new Norton 2007 products are no longer compatible with
> >> Jaws. After purchasing Norton Internet Security 2007, and performing
> >> extensive testing on it, I've determined the following.
> >> * A blind person is unable to activate the product without sighted
> >> assistance. if Jaws is loaded, the Activation program immediately quits,
> >> rather than displaying its dialogs. This happens during the setup
> >> process,
> >> and causes your installation to be left in an unusable state. Fixing this
> >> requires sighted assistance to get through the activation process, at
> > which
> >> time the product (mostly) repairs itself.
> >> * Once the product is installed, configuration is exceedingly difficult.
> > The
> >> software is completely inaccessible from the keyboard, Unlike it previous
> >> versions the interface does not appear to take advantage of the Windows
> >> built in html rendering facilities, instead using its own rendering
> > method.
> >> All configuration must be done with the jaws cursor, and Jaws's ability
> >> to
> >> see things like buttons is eratic at best. (admittedly, it may be
> >> possible
> >> to improve this via the use of a tool like Hotspot clicker, but getting
> >> to
> > a
> >> state where you could would require heavy sighted intevention, and its
> >> questionable as to whether it would be worth it.) * When the product
> >> tries
> >> to alert with Jaws loaded (at least on my machine), it instead blue
> > screens
> >> and reboots. I tested this with the standard antivirus test. Eicar?
> >> (not sure on the spelling), which is a harmless .com file intended to do
> >> nothing but trigger antivirus products. (all products use this as a
> >> standard, "hello world" test.)
> >>
> >> The combination of the three above points leads me to believe that
> >> ongoing
> >> persistance with this product would prove fruitless.
> >> (Note: while I did not perform testing with Window Eyes, it has been my
> >> experience in the past that WE has been less effective at accessing the
> >> Norton interfaces when they were accessible, so I have no reason to
> > believe,
> >> and hence no inclination to try it, that the situation with 2007 would be
> >> any better, in fact, I suspect it would be dramaticly worse).
> >>
> >> This message is a heads up to advise others not to buy the Norton
> >> 2007 products. if you are a Norton user, stick with 2006, as that is, at
> >> least, accessible. If not, then it looks like its now time to find a new
> >> package.
> >>
> >
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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