Hi folks,
There has been a thread under the topic of suggestions for keysoft. Some
people have expressed a desire that the interface look more like windows, while
others are seriously opposed to such changes. I have never
owned a braille note, although I'd like to get a voice note and gps. I
understand that back when the note family was introduced, not many blind people
were familiar with Windows. Most of us dos users did not go
quietly into the Windows world, and the learning curve was steep for ost,
myself definitely among them. Its been said that the keysoft interface is
intuitive flr blind people. My sense is that peoples' reactions to this
whole notion of changing the interface has to do with what we are familiar with
and what is intuitive for us because of familiarity. It strikes me that not
being able to open files from the file manager is certainly not
intuitive. Would those of you who don't want the Windows interface agree? As a
non-user of the Note family of products, and as one who is fairly familiar with
Windows, I admit that I find the idea of learning a
nonstandard proprietary interface, which I won't be able to use anywhere else
somewhat off putting. and please, nobody suggest that people who want windows
should buy the compeditive products, which may have
other serious shortcomings. For those of you who like the present interface,
what would you say are advantages over Windows? Lack of multitasking is a
disadvantage, as is not being able to open files from within the
manager. Context sensitive help is good, but its not interface dependent. You
can have that sort of help regardless of interface. So, what's good about the
keysoft interface that you don't feel is present or is not
efficient in a more Windows-like interface?
Mary.
