I never said I wanted them but one of the reasons people want them to be accessible is because other people use them. Also, as has been pointed out, advanced document development is beyond the capabilities of text edit and I'm not sure it would be accessible if it wasn't because a lot of advanced document processing is quite visual. Before you say that Jaws can do all this stuff in word, think about the effort it takes to do this in JAWS and from what I understand, unless you are trained well or used to be sighted, that level of complexity is not totally achievable.
----- Original Message ----- From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 5:26 PM Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: HMMM then why do we want Pages, MS Word for Mac, Nisus Writer and the such if Text Edit is good enough? On Apr 25, 2008, at 5:08 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > what do you want to do. Text edit will do formatting as has already > been > pointed out. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 4:54 PM > Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: > > > I guess, we will use what we use and it doesn't matter what I think. > If Text Editor is a Word processor to some then it is what it is. Text > Edit has word processing limitations. If typing > is all you want as far as functionality goes then MS Word and Pages is > over kill, but if text formatting is important then you'll need > something more robust.On Apr 25, 2008, at 4:04 PM, David Poehlman > wrote: > >> of course you can create a form in text edit, that's what html is >> for and >> you can do good html stuff in text edit. I'm afraid what are called >> word >> processors today are overgrown well, text editors if you will. Text >> edit is >> more of a word processor than word will ever be again if it ever >> was. Now, >> We need a new name for them wps on steroids. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "vashaun jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:55 PM >> Subject: Re: apple store snafoo: >> >> >> Yup, a text editor isn't a word processor. They have very distinct >> functionality. Even though some have more than others you would never >> get by in the corporate world with Text Edit when formatting and such >> plays a major part in document editing and creation. What if you need >> to create a form? You couldn't dream of doing it in Text Edit. If you >> could we wouldn't be trying to get I Work accessible. >> On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: >> >>> >>> On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:31 PM, David Poehlman wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I just got a message telling me that someone went to an apple store >>>> to look >>>> at Macs and when they asked if the mac came with a word processor, >>>> the sales >>>> person said no. >>> >>> Well, considering that Apple considers TextEdit a text editor and >>> not a real full-blown word processor, I suppose they were correct. >>> Especially since they probably said, "But you can get iWork 08 for >>> $79." Mind you, the salesperson could have said, "Well, Leopard >>> comes with a text editor that has most of the word processor >>> functions that most people use", then asked what they wanted to do >>> with it mostly, then made a recommendation based on what the person >>> said they needed a word processor for, but maybe that's why I'm not >>> a salesperson. >>>> -- >>> >>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>> Phone: (814) 746-4502 or 888-75-BUDDY >>> Harnessing the power of Online Spending and Everyday Shopping to >>> Change Lives: See how, Together, We Can Change the World: >>> http://www.powermall.info >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
