Well Tom, as I've said before touch screens I can see as having their own
advantages for access as well, and indeed I think I'd personally be more in
favour of upgrading to a touch screen interface than an alternative and
more sprawling keyboard one that resembles a touch screen in look but in
practice still uses the mouse, as is the case with a lot of more modern
programs.
Just as one example, if I'm on a laptop in xp, I have to go to the desktop,
activate dolphin curser and go down to the bottom to check the battery.
Because any screen reader can only speak what item it is currently focused
on, it's necessary to physically find that item by selected shortcuts. On my
Iphone however I can just poke the top right corner of the screen. I do not
have to track the position of a virtual curser since my finger provides the
positional information even if I don't get the full scale overview that a
sighted user would. This is a major access advantage, albeit one it did take
time to get used to, and indeed I can imagine some games like Robo E on the
Iphone using it to provide additional information.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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