From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1733rU-0000Ar-00 for ; Wed, 01 May 2002 19:50:16 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.33.141]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020501234948.SSZH4412.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 23:49:48 +0000 Message-ID: <002601c1f16a$baab4b20$02213e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <002b01c1f15f$e0e6e520$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> <001501c1f161$cc454ce0$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> <014901c1f163$958ebae0$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> Subject: Re: I swear to tell the truth, Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 19:48:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Cecil and all. An example. I was using War Ftpd on my Winblows = laptop. It uses Unix style permissions for file access. Only problem is = that the gui makes it extremely difficult to set file permissions, and = very hard to tell to what exactly you are setting those permissions to. = In Linux, all you have to do is edit a config file, and that's it! A = process that should take 1 or 2 minutes, took me about three hours = because of the f-ing gui!=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Cecil H. Whitley To: Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: Re: I swear to tell the truth,=20 > Okay, okay just one more and I might shut up..... > Blind people need a GUI. Isn't that the real msg? Why doesn't he = give them > the real story? Text mode os's are accessable to a degree that a GUI = will > never be by their very nature. >=20 > Cecil, stater of the obvious. >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup