Hi Tom.
Well to an extent I agree, however equally compare what you just said about
shutdown.
"press control plus escape and tap three times to the shutdown button" to
xp, press alt f4 and at most press up arrow once, it doesn't take a genius
to see which is better.
While I fully agree I could get used to the new interface, and indeed the
time I spent experimenting with it showed as much, att the same time, I have
noticed a very unfriendly modern tendency in interface design.
On previous versions of windows the trend was towards simplicity, to having
neet menues and submenues and categorised file menue systems. This carried
over into many programs.
now, with Windows 7, and indeed with some of the interfaces for Iphone,
tablets, and even Tv software the trend is to have as much information and
as many icons on screen as possible. lists have been replaced with more
complex tree views, often larger and more detailed ones.
For a sighted person this makes sense, since it's like having everything on
your desk within reach where you can get a quick visual overview of all
objects.
For a blind person however, where a specific set order is a better system,
and where for example having a list with specific list items leading to
smaller lists is better than a multiple tree view, it sis far less
convenient.
i've noticed this with my low vision access to menues on dvds and the like.
Now is it impossible? heck no! is it more trouble, the unfortunate answer is
yes.
There may well be occasions when that trouble is worth it. I imagine myself
that once touch screen technology comes onto desktop I'll definitely! want
to upgrade my os to take advantage of that.
However that doesn't get over the central point, particularly because where
as in xp the interface was heavily customizable and you could for example
have as many icons on the desktop as you wished, have more or less complex
start menue etc, that seems to be falling by the way side too.
Beware the grue!
dark.
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