I like how VoiceOver says busy when an app is truly busy. This allows me
to wait patiently and calmly dare I say unlike the Windows platform
where I can either lose speech or the whole OS altogether.
Regards Chris
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof!
On 01/04/2014 17:29, Alex Hall wrote:
I usually go one to three weeks between restarts on my Mac. Apps that are doing something
or stop working don't affect the system, and Voiceover will kindly inform you that the app
is 'busy" instead of locking up. Other apps work fine even when one goes nuts, so you
can force quit it or wait for it to error out on its own. Jaws, I've found, loves to
randomly read graphics with only numbers for labels, or only read bits of a dialog, and so
on. Jaws and NVDA both have a few different review modes you have to keep track of.
Voiceover has one mode, and is simpler to use. I encourage you to go onto www.applevis.com
and take a look at the page for Mac newbies, which offers a lot of resources that might
give you some good information. Sorry if I've already suggested that page to you, I've
sent a few people there today and I honestly don't remember if you were one of them or
not. <smile> Keep checking that page, as I'm about to put up a blog post that I
think will help you a lot.
On Apr 1, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Scott Duck <scottduck1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
As I said previously, I am thinking about getting a Mac and the main reason is
that I am tired of the increasing instability of the PC environment. My first
question is, is this really different on a Mac?
I am using JAWS 15 with Windows 8. Both are not all that stable. I have been
a JAWS user for 17 years and I have noticed a definite progressive increase in
instability with the last few releases. JAWS crashes frequently and, even if
it doesn't crash, it often stops talking when errors occur with other
applications. Then, there's Windows 8. I don't mind the Windows 8 interface
but several times per week, I will have a problem that requires me to restart
my computer. I did not have that nearly as much with Windows 7. Also, it
isn't unusual for me to install a program which will, either directly or
through add ins, make Windows and/or JAWS more unstable. I then have to decide
rather the additional functionality is worth the increased instability. I'm
just tired of all the crashes and reboots and having to use three or four
screen readers because I have to run one when another one crashes.
By contrast, my iPhone and iPad, while not perfect, are certainly more stable.
VoiceOver seldom just stops working. Of course, every single app is not
accessible and they do not all work correctly but any problems with an app are
almost always confined only to that app. When an app crashes, it usually does
not also cause VoiceOver or the device to crash. Is this also true of the Mac?
I have certainly used technology enough to know that none of it is perfect.
However, I would like something that is better than the PC, when it comes to
stability. Over all, in your experience, is the Mac more stable?
Thanks,
Scott Duck
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