[gui-talk] Of Stupidity and Discovery

[David Goldfield]

Jen,

Whatever you may be, you are most certainly not an idiot. I can tell by 
your style of writing that you are an intelligent and adventurous person 
and the fact that you are unafraid to explore and try new things with 
your technology is proof of that. None of us crawled out of the womb 
knowing what we know. <smile>

While it technically shouldn't have been necessary to maximize the 
window in order to view and edit your email, it never hurts to do so 
and, at times, it can help with situations such as the one you found 
yourself to be in.

Enjoy your technology and please be gentle with yourself. There's no 
such thing as a stupid question.


           David Goldfield,
       Assistive Technology Specialist

Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info

On 1/7/2017 5:01 PM, Jen via gui-talk wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I wanted to give you two updates on my assistive technology independence.
>
> First, the "stupidity part. I'm an idiot.
>
> Yesterday, I tried to reply to an e-mail, only to discover the top of my
> message was gone! I could read starting from the bottom though. So I
> automatically assumed it was an Office problem and spent about an hour
> repairing it.
>
> I went back in to Outlook after the repair and saw the problem still
> existed. When I pressed Alt, the only item was a "system menu." There were
> three items: "restore," "minimize" and "maximize." When I pressed Enter on
> "maximize," my whole message magically became legible to JAWS again!
>
> Up until then, I had never paid any attention to minimizing and maximizing
> because I assumed they were just visual things. It turns out they do matter
> because if something is not maximized, the whole thing isn't on the screen.
>
> As for "discovery":
>
> I am an unapologetic and avid YouTube video watcher. I was exploring one of
> the video pages when JAWS said "seek slider" when I was on the YouTube video
> player. I turned "Forms" mode on, pressed the arrow keys ... and started
> moving the video around! I now realize what my sighted friends mean when
> they talk about, say, "the best part of this video is at 11:00."
>
> Also, JAWS tells me where the "skip ad" button is. This button will be
> getting worn out very soon...
>
>
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