From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.netins.net ([167.142.225.202] helo=cgpf1.cgp.netins.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17pyyu-0000wS-00 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 18:32:08 -0400 Received: from [167.142.19.146] (HELO president731) by cgpf1.cgp.netins.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5.9) with SMTP id 148801393 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:32:10 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020913173209.007afaf0@pop3.netins.net> X-Sender: jsymes@pop3.netins.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:32:09 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jason Symes Subject: Re: windblows, was: Re: Look Out Macintosh! In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020913172947.007abe30@pop3.netins.net> References: <20020913222110.GB4341@romuald.net.eu.org> <3.0.6.32.20020913144422.00796c70@pop3.netins.net> <20020913181453.GC3609@afb.net> <20020913181453.GC3609@afb.net> <3.0.6.32.20020913144422.00796c70@pop3.netins.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1BF11691; boundary="=======343036DB=======" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: --=======343036DB======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1BF11691; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Gees, can't even type for beans! I was addressing why sighties will use windows, not whether vi or blind people will. If I could only type anymore! At 05:29 PM 9/13/02 -0500, you wrote: >By the way, I was addressing why sighted people continue to use windows, >not whether sighted people will use it. I should add that I think linux >will compete with ms in certain sectors of our economy, say in the schools >of higher learning and large corperate businesses, though I doubt linux >will be a serious competitor in the home pc sector. >At 05:21 PM 9/13/02 -0500, you wrote: >> >>If you're in windblows, and there is something for which you don't have >set files or scripts for your screen reader, hearing "custom control" as >you move around is indeed very intuitive, (yes, I'm being sarcastic). >>Greg >> >> >>On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 02:44:22PM -0500, Jason Symes wrote: >>> Now I can take issue with that, but I won't. Suffice it to say that Windows >>> will stay no. 1 because of its easy, graphical interface. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Speakup mailing list >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >Jason Symes >kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat >can cause kids >The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the >zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke) >if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything. >If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all! >Just trying to plug away! > Jason Symes kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat can cause kids The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke) if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything. If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all! Just trying to plug away! --=======343036DB=======--