Hi Kylee, You expressed what I was trying to say beautifully. For me, keysoft is just so simple. I can use windows, but I really find it more difficult. Thanks for putting into words what I could not. Stacey and Amigo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kylee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] keysoft or windows > 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 > > > > > > > ___ > 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 >
