From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 1cust152.tnt28.toronto.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.109.152] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 177HRg-0006d1-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 11:09:05 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4DF94602710 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 11:09:04 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:09:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: xwindows In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020513070424.00a7a5c0@198.144.194.210> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Charlie: Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing such a menuing system! hint hint hint Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well, that's another story. Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you? Back at the command line? Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing system, is far worse. Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning. On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > Jim, > > There is access not far off. I would like to see a menuing system > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to > remember all those commands and switches. > > -- charlie Crawford. > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui? > > > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text > >mode. I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the winxp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org