Hi, From contributors' perspective, I think this is a reminder that we (contributors) should test our code more often before we submit pull requests. This also means contributors should do lots of thi

Hi, Another avenue to consider is asking add-on authors to invest some time in core development, provided that folks there are willing to help and core devs and contributors can train them. The bigger

Hi all, As of yesterday, Project Walrus is done (thank you for your support for the last few months). But this is just a milestone – if you do discover issued with Python 3.8 based NVDA (alpha snapsho

Hi, You say NVDA performs better with the add-on turned off. This is something I may need to look into once Project Walrus is complete. You can in fact install stable versions of WinTenApps while usin

Hi, Based on Google searches, it appears to be a timeout error with Store apps. Did you recently install the current version of Visual Studio? Did this error show up in earlier add-on snapshot? How ab

Hi, Does turning on selective UIA event registration help? Due to UIA handler thread internals, this setting cannot be enabled on a per-app basis. Cheers, Joseph

Hello everyone, About a year ago NV Access and members of the add-ons community discussed ways to improve add-on release workflow and creating a distribution platform. As part of this plan, people agr

Hi, For the benefit of folks not subscribed to NVDA Add-ons list (yet): please read the following announcement to the end. Regarding basic add-on review (license and copyright, user experience, docume

Hello NvDA development community, The below letter was sent to NVDA Add-ons list, but for those who are not members of the add-ons list yet, here’s a copy: A few days ago Reef Turner from NV Access an

Hi, Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 was marked end of life for many, but enterprises can receive extended security updates (ESU) until January 2023. By then, Windows 8.x and Server 2012/2012 R2 support will

Hi all, The following was sent to NVDA Add-ons list, but I’m forwarding it here for add-on authors who are not members of NVDA Add-ons list yet, and perhaps could be useful for NVDA contributors in th

Hello all, On behalf of NVDA add-ons community, I’m delighted to announce the immediate availability of NVDA Add-on Development Guide 2020.4: https://github.com/nvdaaddons/DevGuide/wiki/NVDA-Add-on-De

Hi all, NVDA Community Add-on Template 2020.4 is now available. You can grab it via Git at: https://github.com/nvdaaddons/addonTemplate Notable changes in 2020.4 include fixing bugs related to documen

Hi all, In fact, what James proposes is exactly the route to be taken now - expect a change to Add-on Template. This will be divided into two stages: 1. Version 2020.4: tables extension will be hard-c

Hi, The best way to do this is using a try branch, which will involve committing changes to SConstruct and dependencies. This might be more robust than using my own certificate, which may or may not b

Hi, Here it is, Python 3.9 prototype: https://josephsl.net/files/nvdabuilds/nvda_snapshot_wxPython411-20201229py39 .exe Things to note: * Just like Python 3.8 prototype, no BRLTTY support yet due to m

Hi, Windows 7 is end of life as far as consumers are concerned, but not quite yet for businesses. I would imagine another WannaCry type problem will force them to upgrade to Windows 10. I'm looking in

Hello everyone, Update: Python 3.9 version of NVDA will not run on Windows 7, at least my binary version won't; when launched, Windows says, "NVDA Application has stopped working" with "ucrtbase.dll"

Hi all, And now, the prototype builds: Python 3.7 and wxPython 4.1.1: https://josephsl.net/files/nvdabuilds/nvda_snapshot_wxPython411-20201227.exe Python 3.8 and wxPython 4.1.1: https://josephsl.net/f

Hi, As of now, wxPython 4.1.1 does have a Python 3.9 wheel, so that dependency is satisfied. There are other important dependencies that must be met, BRLTTY Python bindings being a notable one (curren