From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 1cust13.tnt28.toronto.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.109.13] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 177NUW-0001Lk-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 17:36:24 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4DLaNN03770 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 17:36:24 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 17:36:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: xwindows In-Reply-To: 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: On Mon, 13 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > Ok, so people don't use uniform interfaces, but that's great, cos it means > that those that don't like a certain interface have a choice. Indeed. Choices abound. You don't like bash? Cool, try csh, tcsh, or zsh, or even ksh. Or, you can get involved in building a menu interface like Charlie wants. Please note I never said "you can't," or even "you shouldn't." I just say why I don't think much of them. I always invite him to go for it. Heck, maybe Charlie, you should go to http://www.freshmeat.net and put menu in the search box, or maybe "linux shell menu," and see what's out there. Now, X is another story. Don't like GNOME? Too bad! Unless, of course, you can see. > > Cheers. > > -- 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