[gui-talk] Difficulty downloading/installing Adobe Reader 8.1

Fri Jul 20 09:59:11 CDT 2007

This was just after 8.0 was released.  I can't remember if I received the
information via a list or from Adobe's site but I do remember feeling sure
enough of its validity that I didn't download it.

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:08 AM
To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Difficulty downloading/installing Adobe Reader 8.1

Al,

Where did you read that, and did they say exactly what was fixed from 8.0?
Often I have found that the new version does nothing particularly different,
but each version seems to be a bit more stable with screen readers.  this
version could be the exception, but it would be useful to know more.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:19:04 -0400, albert griffith wrote:

>I've read that 8.1 is only supposed to used if 8.0 won't work.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 1:45 AM
>To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Difficulty downloading/installing Adobe Reader
>8.1

>thanks, Steve, but I'm afraid none of this seems to apply. As I said in
>my response to Charles, I think I'll just wait until I come upon some
>Web site that says it has a link for obtaining the latest version, and
>click on that instead. That's how I've always gotten it before, I
>think. Never by going to that site.

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:58 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Difficulty downloading/installing Adobe Reader
>8.1

>Joel,

>I have not installed Acrobat Reader 8.1 yet but I know that in some
>cases Adobe installs its own download manager.  I do not remember if
>this involved an Active-X control but it is possible.  It

>also seems to me that there is usually another link that one can use if
>one has trouble with the download starting.  Look some more at the web
>page to see if you find an alternative link.  This doesn't answer why
>your download didn't start, I know that, but it might give you a way
>out.

>Also note, though, that if Adobe installed its Download Manager that
>the dialogs might look differently. I believe it sort of downloads in
>the background and pops up a dialog when it completes.  Of course, none
>of this may fit your situation, but I have occasionally had trouble
>downloading from Adobe for this reason.

>Good luck,

>Steve Jacobson

>On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:50:20 -0400, albert griffith wrote:

>>You were some redirected from Adobe's web site.  There's no active X
>>required for its installation.

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:12 PM
>>To: GUI-Talk
>>Subject: [gui-talk] Difficulty downloading/installing Adobe Reader 8.1

>>I currently use Adobe Reader V. 7.0, and I heard somewhere (the JFW
>>list, I think it was) that the new version 8.1 was available.

>>I went to the Adobe site, went to the Downloads page, then to the
>>Adobe reader page and found the download link for this new version, for
Win XP.

>>When I clicked on it, I got a message asking me to install Active-X.
>>This isn't the issue. I have heard that you should be careful about
>>something to do with Active-X, because if you install it once, or
>>install it on every Web page that asks you to (I forget how this is
>>brought to your attention, but anyway), it could render your system
>>vulnerable to some sort of virus deal.
>>But this is Adobe, and I figure they're legit, and if they want me to
>>do the Active-X thing, that ought to be safe. No?

>>So I used what I'd learned to do with my newly installed IE7 and
>>access the Information Bar, where I was able to indicate that I'd
>>accept Active-X. I thought this went successfully.

>>but as I followed the directions to proceed with the download, nothing
>>more happened. It just sort of stalled. No dialogue like you get for
>>most downloading. I tried it over a few times, to see if I might have
>>made some error, but it just didn't work.

>>So I had a sighted friend over this evening, someone very
>>computer-capable by profession, and asked him to turn off Jaws and try
>>it himself. In some frustration, he reported to me that the very same
>>thing happened to him, and said I hadn't made any mistake because I
>>was using Jaws. There just seemed to be something wrong.

>>Does anyone happen to know what's up with this issue? It's not an
>>emergency, and I can go on using Adobe Reader 7, I guess, but
>>considering that Adobe's been good about developing screen
>>reader-friendly features, I always feel interested in their upgrades
>>and updates. Knowledgeable advice will be appreciated. First of all,
>>have I misunderstood some step in the procedure because i failed to
>>explore the page sufficiently with Jaws?If not, what's the problem?
>>Anyone know?

>>Joel

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