Thanks for the tips guys! *smile*
And I'd have to agree here, I use WE's mouse keys a lot, which I'm assuming
is the equivalent to physically using the mouse.
Traci
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loescher, Martha" <[email protected]>
To: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]>; "GW Info Discussion List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:59 AM
Subject: RE: Mouse Vs Keyboard
Yes, I agree. There are times when the mouse via the number pad is
needed. Sometimes getting it to focus right is a bit tricky, but it can
be done. I think it's a bit fascinating myself!
-----Original Message-----
From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:57 AM
To: GW Info Discussion List
Subject: Re: Mouse Vs Keyboard
Now now, that's not very nice. Like it or not, the mouse is a useful
tool for many. Perhaps not so much so to a blind person, but doing that
to someone who is trying to help you would be like someone turning off
my speakers while I was trying to help them. It would make me not want
to help them in the future. Additionally, using the mouse equivalent of
Window-Eyes, I.E. the number pad to move the mouse pointer, can be just
as effective as a physical mouse. I use it all the time to get around
programs and would fee lost without it.
On 9/2/2010 6:11 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:
Folks,
I agree with david here.
The mouse is one of those out-of-date products.
It does nothing but waste time.
When I ask a sighted person to do something for me, they go right for
the mouse.
You know what I do?
Knock there fingers right off the thing!
Tyler
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 9:26:14
Subject: Re: Mouse Vs Keyboard
his
Funny you mentioned this. Some years ago, I was delivering a new
computer to one customer. I started to teach him how to use the
keyboard, by pressing Alt-F to go to the File menu, and then do your
stuff there, or even just press CTRL-S to save the document. The guy,
stubbornly insisted on using his poor plastic thing, the mouse. So, I
let him sit there and fool around with it for a while. But you know, he
took a few moments for every little thing he needed to do.
Finally, I made him an offer: Now, I said, let us try this out. Me
being blind, and hence prefering the keyboard commands, you being
sighted prefering the mouse. Let us do ten operations here in this very
application, you go ahead with your mouse, and I will do the same tasks
with the keyboard. Then, let's see, who is performing the quickest.
Do I need to tell you, who won that game? OK, I am a driven computer
person, he wasn't. But still, I do believe, in most cases you work
far quicker with good shortcut keyboard commands. Even before people
will have reached their mouse, I will have pressed the two or three
keystrokes, to perform a certain task. And, quite often, when working
with sighted people, I hear comments like 'oh, let's see, where did my
mouse pointer g"' And, then they start to rush that thing back and
forth, so as to find out, where on the screen they are. And having found
out, it is time to start moving it to the desired position. Finally,
they can start clickng the mouse. Pfew! I am three lines ahead with my
typing, at this moment; having performed the task way back! (Smile!)
You know, sometimes I get the feeling, that if soemthing is
technically posible, LET's GO FOR IT! No matter if it is practical,
just let's go for it; cause it is technically possible. How did people
ever do without a mouse?
Yes, the way GW has sorted things out, with keyboard control for the
mouse - I guess - is some of the better ways to do the job, for the
blind. OK, it might not always be the perfect solution, but in most
cases work pretty fine. Besides, I really think, we as blind people have
enough 'gadgets' to drag around, and fool with. If I can save myself the
hazzle of having to keep track of yet another plastic thing on my desk -
be it wired, or wireless - I greatly prefer doing so.
--
Raul A. Gallegos
GW Micro Technical Support And Product Specialist
Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608
Web http://www.gwmicro.com
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