Right on John, you've put the whole topic into perspective.
On 01/06/2007, at 3:15 AM, John Panarese wrote:
I think that there are two different points here. One thing
that has occurred with the Mac, and it can be said for Windows as
well, is folks will often find work around or techniques to
accomplish specific tasks or to gain access to parts of an
application. This can come from experience, word of mouth or plain
experimentation. Sometimes, it's also pure necessity, but the
thing to remember is not every user either needs to reach to such
extents or just has not tried to do so as of yet for any number of
reasons. I personally never used the equalizer in iTunes and have
not had a reason to attempt to do it.
The thing to keep in mind, however, is not all users are created
equal. Not everyone finds these tricks or methods to figure out ways
around a seemingly inaccessible program or part of a program. Thus,
the important point here is that Apple has take further steps to
improve general accessibility to iTunes. Regardless of what you
think of this, for the common man/woman and for those of us who are
out there demonstrating and talking up the Mac, this improvement is
another feather in the accessibility cap. Yes, I'm sure folks have
found ways of gaining access to the equalizer. That's all well and
good, but let's not lose sight of the overall advancement here.
Take Care
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On May 31, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Gabe Vega wrote:
I don't think you know what automater is. you keep saying "GUI" as
if I was typing in commands via text or something.
I was using the exact same sliders, gui etc as i see here in itunes.
I am sorry it would seem i was the only blind guy using his EQ that
you are so happy of using today.
On May 30, 2007, at 11:46 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote:
On 31-May-07, at 1:35 AM, Gabe Vega wrote:
I just went and pressed command option 2 and seen the same exact
thing i was using in automater. no big deal I've been using it
since like nov of last year.
Again I say that you're missing the point here. Okay, so you can
manipulate the various bands of the EQ without using the GUI.
Congratulations. So can I, so can at least half the members of
this list I bet. It can be done with very simple applescripts.
But that's not why this update is important. Now a blind person
can adjust the bands the same way a sighted person would. But
that's not even the most important thing. It shows that Apple
wasn't satisfied with the accessibility work they did on the last
version of Itunes. They're still working on making it better.
Yes, the equalizer is a very minor thing. But it is yet another
step in the right direction.
Darcy
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