From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.28]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EUEMR-0004z7-00 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:16:24 -0400 Received: (qmail 29080 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2005 01:14:55 -0000 Received: from badforyou.net (HELO pdaudio.net) ([69.17.7.16]) (envelope-sender ) by mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 25 Oct 2005 01:14:55 -0000 Received: from nickysp4 by pdaudio.net (MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.3.R) with ESMTP id 63-md50000001034.msg for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:14:53 -0400 Message-ID: <002201c5d901$7f5ec880$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> From: "Nick G" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20051024153718.GC3649@lnx3.holmesgrown.com><005e01c5d8b8$35969410$5602a8c0@BTGW> <20051024230928.GB4636@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:14:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Authenticated-Sender: nick@hkcradio.com X-Spam-Processed: FwoofBox, Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:14:53 -0400 (not processed: message from valid local sender) X-MDRemoteIP: 24.47.29.234 X-Return-Path: Nick@HKCRadio.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: off topic: accessibility with mac stuff? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 02:16:25 -0000 Anyway, IPods are worthless. The glammer and stuff is all marketing. Go find a Reo Carma or Carbon, players made of all metal construction. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" To: Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:09 PM Subject: Re: off topic: accessibility with mac stuff? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Actually since you mention Windows Media, Yes, I blaim Microsoft; not > windows itself but it is the developer that I lay blaim with. Thank God > there are alternative choices to play audio files like winamp or foobar > 2000 but for the apple and well, windows too for that matter, Itunes is > the only software you can use to support all features of an Ipod. So if > one has an Ipod, he/she *MUST* have access to Itunes to use it fully. > Also, the itunes music store cannot be accessed with any other players > either and it so happens that the music store is about the least > accessible part of Itunes under windows. If itunes never gets rewritten > in Coco and as long as the windows version is like it is pressently, I > will never again buy music from Apple's store, nor will ever buy an > Ipod. The inaccessibility makes it worthless to me. > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 09:30:12AM -0700, BlindTech wrote: > > but windows media player isn't all that acccessable either. so do we blame > > windows? is there not quick time, or any other mp3 player. do we blame > > apple for all this miner stuff and not look at windows in the samemanner? > > BlindTech > > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDXWmoWSjv55S0LfERA2M6AKDyuBe80aGhO71eo/MGVBns9uBJcACg8wUV > I/5iuW8ytBfpttu2ECJhO0o= > =xE9T > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >