Hi, Mary As someone whose very first processor was a Keynote back in 1987, I find that most of Keysoft's features are very intuitive and, though I'd used many different processors in the years between that first Keynote and my first BN, the transition was very easy because I was already somewhat familiar with Keysoft's ways. The ability to manipulate the clipboard, for example, is not something Windows has ever introduced, though Freedom scientific has finally added it to the features of JFW7. I was a heavy user of WordPerfect 5.1, and have never liked Word in the same way, though I've learned how to use it.
Windows is a visual system to which we as blind people must adapt, like much of the world. But a growing number of the world's disabled people are looking for inclusion: that is to say that accessibility would not be just an ad-on but an integral part of a whole. I'm wondering if this isn't why people love Keysoft so much. It's ready-made for us, and perhaps it has things to learn from the Windows operating system, but perhaps Windows could learn from some of the features of Keysoft, too. Cheers Kylee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Otten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:22 AM Subject: [Braillenote] keysoft or windows > 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. > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 16/12/2005 > >
