From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s31.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.103]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HP9sS-00020C-00 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:05:16 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.152.11]) by bay0-omc1-s31.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:04:45 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:04:45 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 71.111.71.248 by BAY141-DAV1.phx.gbl with DAV; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:04:45 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [71.111.71.248] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000901c76114$cc57e120$0301a8c0@cleverson><001b01c7612b$85d27a00$0401a8c0@cleverson> <20070308033547.GA15248@gmx.net> Subject: Re: Suggestion: Speakup desktop guide Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:04:41 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2007 04:04:45.0714 (UTC) FILETIME=[E8519F20:01C76136] 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 04:05:16 -0000 Hello, I am curious, admittedly, what you use for graphical environments? Is it Orca? Gnome? Something else? Thanks, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:35 PM Subject: Re: Suggestion: Speakup desktop guide >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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >