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Hi Mike and all,
Well folks, I should make this known as well, and that is, I have the 
IPod, and I've used quick nav on that, and it is also available on the 
Mac as well.
Harry
On 5/24/2014 11:01 AM, Mike Pietruk wrote:
> Rather than getting sidetracked by an emotional argument as to which is
> better, let's try staying focused on Harry's situation.
>
> First, any operating system, especially equipped with a screen reader, is
> going to run into problems upon occasion.  Not only are you dealing with
> the screen reader itself but also a speech synthesizer.
> Now, I am not a JFW user; but isn't JFW12 somewhat out of date and could
> it perhaps have some play into what Harry is experiencing?
>
> Harry, and I am somewhat like you in this: I tend to loose my cool when
> something goes wrong.  Are you prepared, ready, and willing to endure the
> frustration of learning something completely new and will that new
> operating system to you do all that you want and need it to do?
> A while back, when you raised your frustration with Windows, you mentioned
> that flash is important to you.  Flash, from what I recall, isn't
> currently supported in the Mac environment.
>
> What I would keep in mind is this:  is it better to deal with current
> frustrations that you know how to resolve and handle, or is it better to
> explore a new unfamiliar operating system which too may give you headaches
> as you learn it?
> Only you can address that question for yourself?
>
>
>
> You may never know that JESUS is all you need,
> until JESUS is all you have.
> Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and World War II underground activist
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