Hello Bill again, There are a few problems that are not going away: the average life cycle of hardware is about 18-24 months according to PC Worldd; so it takes major efforts by all to keep up. Microsoft has finally built its programming tools so when developers use them their products turn out to be accessible. By no means perfect, complete, or timely, but, in my opinion, the glass is 80 percent full. Of course, if you need the other 20 percent, it may seem virtually empty.
Another problem is that we are blind, and, whether we like it or not, there are tasks that are so visual, there is little hope of accessibility for them. For instance, my wife and I enjoy the new scarey drama on Sunday night on ABC at 10pm called 666 Park Avenue. It is so visual, without her help, I could not follow lots of the plot and action. Nevertheless, universal access seems the goal for Apple and Microsoft. That does not mean they always succeed or even try. For instance, MS entry into the smart phone biz had virtually no accessibility. That division of MS was struggling to stay alive so that was the only focus developers had. I look forward to WE 8.0 and Windows 8 as well as Office 15 whenever it appears. I expect they will be even more accessible, even more weirdly different, and a pain to relearn. Peter Duran If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
