Today, Jeffry Smith gleaned this insight:
> A command line can be read via a text-to-speech converter, a
> technology around for years. GUIs by definition are _Graphical_ (i.e.
> have visual elements). Yes, they can be described (purpose of ALT
> tags), but you are basically converting the graphic to text, then the
> text to speech. Command lines eliminate 1 conversion.
True, but (and as much as I like CLI) GUI is really useful for a lot of
applications (such as, for example, manipulating graphics). I'm all for
making things accessible for everyone, but I'm reminded of a Kurt Vonnegut
story called Harrison Bergeron. Just because some people are impaired,
doesn't mean that the vast majority of us who aren't should suffer
artificial impairment.
--
You know that everytime I try to go where I really want to be,
It's already where I am, cuz I'm already there...
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