well i know we are off topic but firefox does not work for the blind
mac user at all
On 21 Jan 2009, at 15:39, Thomas Ward wrote:
Hi Lukas,
Smile. Well, with Mac OS X sudden growth in popularity, Ubuntu Linux
now firmly rated the third desktop PC operating system world wide,
etc it only makes sense that software companies are migrating to
cross platform software design. One reason Mozilla's Firefox web
browser has taken the web browser market by storm is simply because
it is practically supported on every computer in the world. Weather
you run a Mac, Windows PC, have a Linux PC, own a surver with
Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux, Windows, etc there is a version of Firefox
for you. The number of people using Firefox now is far greater than
Internet Explorer which is proprietary and native to Windows
platforms.
Of course Firefox is open source, and has a wide comunity base.
However, over the last two years or so I've seen a shift in polocy
with commercial products as well. Just in access tech alone we have
seen more and more access products such as text to speech systems go
cross platform. I think it is atrend that could continue if
companies such as Del continue to prromote Ubuntu Linux laptops and
desktops along side there Windows Vista systems.
Anyway, that trend isn't limited to sighted computer users. There is
a small spike in blind computer users now looking at alternatives to
Windows. i know of a handful of blind gamers on this list alone that
have gone Mac. I know of even more on the Linux lists that have gone
Linux for one reason or another. In both cases the one common
problem they share is a lack of high quality games. Up until
recently accessible gaming has been almost exclusively a Windows
thing. As one of those computer users that use Linux quite a lot I
myself want to see accessible games come to the Linux platform. So I
have both the skill and the desire so why not do it?
Lukás Hosnedl wrote:
Wow, I didn't have a slightest clue that there were so many cross-
platform engines out there. This is what results from ignorance and
lack of interest or research. :-D But yeah, I see, it has more cons
than pros for your purpose, so self-voicing is really gonna be a
better choice. Not too many gamers would probably buy a voice along
with the game itself. :-)
Lukas
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