Without a doubt, the list can get lost in opinions over the
more productive side of the Mac, but I don't think anyone has really
said anything to lead one to believe the Mac is not usable. As with
Windows and Windows screen readers, one is not going to find
perfection with the Mac and VoiceOver. However, one can easily and
comfortably utilize their Mac productively on a daily basis for all
matters of tasks. I do think asking someone to be "honest" about
their impressions is implying that no one has been honest on this
list, which is a ridiculous assumption based on the information
provided by several people virtually on a daily basis beyond any of
the disagreements or debating. Nevertheless, the bottom line is
Leopard has only improved and enhanced the blind users experience and
efficiency with the Mac platform.
Take Care
John Panarese
On Nov 12, 2007, at 1:02 AM, Christian Gerhardt wrote:
Good morning folks,
I am following your discussions and flamings about how usable
leopard might
be, but I can't see anyone telling what really works and what not.
Althoug flmae wars might be amusing, it is of little help for those
who try
to decide buying a mac machine. I could go to an apple store and ask
them,
but I don't expect them to know the grade of accessibility and I
wouldn't
ask someone who wants to sell me something about it :-)
So I ask you all... do you feel able to work with leopard daily and
are you
able to solve _all_ your computing problems with the system? Is
someone
willing to be honest and tell potential new mac users what they can
expect?
And would you please don't stop people saying what they do not like
about
the system. Noone can build his opinion if 'negative' statements are
supressed. I suppose it to be counter productive and I suppose
further that
this is not, what people want inside this community, but maybe I am
wrong.
I want the _real_ picture or at least the picture about leopard that
is as
real as possible :-)
Special points of interest concerning your most wanted answers are:
-handling of security holes (how long does it take apple to fix
issues)
-accessibility of web browsing with safari
-accessibility of mail using s/mime
-support of IDEs (software development)
and of course everything you might consider interesting :-)
_every_ response (spam excluded) is most appreciated.
Regards,
Christian
