From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtao01.charter.net ([209.225.8.186]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HP9QQ-0001cX-00 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:36:18 -0500 Received: from aa05.charter.net ([10.20.200.157]) by mtao01.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070308033548.MUFQ19399.mtao01.charter.net@aa05.charter.net> for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:35:48 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.83.102]) by aa05.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070308033548.TIVB1413.aa05.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:35:48 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l283ZlW7015254 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:35:47 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l283Zl7m015253 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:35:47 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:35:47 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Suggestion: Speakup desktop guide Message-ID: <20070308033547.GA15248@gmx.net> References: <000901c76114$cc57e120$0301a8c0@cleverson> <001b01c7612b$85d27a00$0401a8c0@cleverson> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001b01c7612b$85d27a00$0401a8c0@cleverson> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:36:19 -0000 A graphical environment does have its advantages...I find the console web browsers inadiquit for lots of things (full javascript support, flash, adn java applets come to mind), and certain file management tasks are far easier in a guy then cli, such as copying files from a directory to somewhere else, where the multiple files to be copied are not contiguous. On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:43:05PM -0300, Cleverson wrote: > Hi Zack, > > In fact, I don't know if the term "desktop" aplies to people who prefer > command line programs rather than graphical ones, but I really think there > is no reason to use a graphical environment, since text mode is faster and I > think there are console programs for any task. > > For blind users, perhaps the only difference is that in text mode you should > memorize some command strings instead of key strokes. Nothing's hard, to me > at least... > > Cheers, > Cleverson > > "Be realistic; ask for the impossible." > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor op??o para voc?! > Experimente j? e veja as novidades. > http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- I don't know why, but first C programs tend to look a lot worse than first programs in any other language (maybe except for fortran, but then I suspect all fortran programs look like `firsts') -- Olaf Kirch