iPhones are also extremely accessible. I use one on a daily basis. Other
visually impaired people, however, cannot.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] challenge for developers, post xp windows
Hi Dark,
I asked this before and I'll ask it again. How much are you willing to
spend on Dosbox emulation?
The thing is while I am sure there are a few developers like myself
who have the technical skills to rewrite Dosbox from scratch in order
to make it accessible it would take considerable time and energy.
Given the time and effort involved in such an undertaking I'd probably
would want to sell the Dos emulator to try and earn something for my
labor. Otherwise I'd be better off spending my time on new games
and/or other products that I could sell. I'm already up to my eyeballs
in things to do so I don't know that I would really want to take on a
project like that any time soon.
I think your best option here is to learn how to setup a virtual
machine using VMWare Player. No, it isn't easy, but once you do it you
can back up the virtual machine to a hard drive and install it on one
or more machines as needed. The real difficulty is creating the
initial image for the virtual machine as that requires some sighted
assistance. Of course, if you would prefer using an existing one that
is always possible as well.
Finally, regarding access what makes you think Windows 7 or Windows 8
is less accessible? I use Windows 7 every single day and it is totally
accessible. I don't have any accessibility issues what so ever. So I
was wondering why you continue saying things like "worse access over
all" when I generally find access on Windows 7 very good.
Cheers!
On 4/30/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Kara.
I do not blaime developers for the computing situation, (that is clearly
microsoft's fault), but at the same time there is honestly some tention
hear, and I've detected it from comments from Tom and Josh precisely
about!
supporting older systems and about people still using "out of date"
things.
My point in this discussion was to honestly and naturally explain the
reasons why! I and others choose to use xp, and suggest that these are
matters developers could assist with in part by making newer versions of
windows a less unatractive option by working! on the things microsoft
missed
such as dosbox emulation, or just providing appropriate information
Frankly everyone's lives would've been simpler if things had stayed with
xp
with mac as an alterantive, but since that is not the case, it would be
good
if people worked together on this rather than developers concerned over
what
will be supported where clashing with players not wishing to give up
their
old games and move on to newer os with less available and with worse
access
over all.
Beware the grue!
dark.
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