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A correction, Flash is, most assuredly, supported on the Mac. 

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> On 25 May 2014, at 15:31, harry brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> 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 Now, I am not a JFW user; but isn't JFW12 somewhat out of date and could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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