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Greetings,

GW Micro is proud to announce the release of Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1. Building on the success of previous versions, this highly anticipated release of Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1 has something for everyone.

If you rely on advanced hardware and software technologies, Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1 gives you the tools to get your job done fast and efficiently with access to the latest in computing technology, including support for 64-bit operating systems and the upcoming Windows 7 operating system.

Braille readers will appreciate the enhanced navigation capabilities Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1 has to offer. With the new Line mode, you can get a true, tactile representation of how data is presented on the display. Speech Box mode provides a Braille history for review at any time.

Script developers, using the most advanced scripting engine available today, can take advantage of many new scripting features in Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1, including the ability to monitor any window message, and add menus to custom dialogs. Script users will enjoy new features such as being able to check for script updates easily through the Window-Eyes control panel. Everyone will experience enhanced stability and reliability when working with scripts.

Read more about the features that Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1 has to offer, as well as important information and instructions regarding the installation of Window-Eyes 7.1 Beta 1 at www.gwmicro.com/beta. We anticipate a very short beta cycle, so please test this version of Window-Eyes extensively. If you encounter any problems, have any questions or issues, or any constructive feedback to provide, please contact support@gwmicro.com, or post to the GW-Info list.

Enjoy!

Script Central now supports automatic posting of script updates to Twitter: yet another way for script developers and users to stay connected.

If you are a script developer, and you have a Twitter account, log into Script Central, and fill out your Twitter username and password under the My Profile link. Check the "Enable Twitter Updates" check box, and then next time you submit a new script update, your Twitter profile status will automatically update with a script update announcement.

The tweet contains the script name, the updated version, and a link to the script's page on Script Central.

You can uncheck the "Enable Twitter Updates" to stop auto-tweeting.

You can subscribe to GW Micro tweets at http://twitter.com/gwmicro.

We're in the final stretches of the Window-Eyes 7.1 development cycle. 64-bit support, Windows 7 support, scripting enhancements, bug fixes, a handful of new features, and a ton of Braille stuff are all included in this free upgrade to Window-Eyes 7.01.

I just crunched a few numbers from our bug tracking database, and since the release of Window-Eyes 7.01, we've resolved over 374 issues. Some of those issues may have been internal; sometimes when you fix one problem, you cause two more. But there are other issues that don't get "officially" tracked that we've also hammered out.

As I mentioned in a recent post to GW-Info, the majority of the work for 7.1 is complete. We have some Braille issues left to fix up, and a couple of other minor issues, and we'll be ready to start deployment.

Stay tuned!

So what is Cinco De Mayo exactly? Well, putting it simply, it is the 5th day of may, called May 5th. The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.

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