--- "Clemens, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "From what i have observed, the only problem with the classic roll
> and
> scroll interface is that all options are presented to the user in a
> linear fashion. "
>
> In my opinion that is its strength, not a problem, primarily if you
> are
> visually impared. Try working blindfolded for a day and you'll see
> there's no need for discussion about which technology works best. A
> "visual" interface can't hold a candle to it. It is worth having roll
> and scroll for that reason alone.
>
>
> John Clemens
> Mon-Fri, 0730-1600 phone 650.464.7585 (personal cell)
>
BTW, an interesting experience I had a while back was writing simple
Java Swing applications using various user interface patterns and
handing them off to a non-sighted user. The point of the exercise was
to determine whether or not those UI patterns led to accessiblility
problems. In some cases, I did find it necessary to revise my code (but
not the look and feel of the application -- that was really the point)
and the accessibility guidelines I was working on, but the assistive
technology turned out to work surprisingly well.
In the case of Java there were actually two components: one is a screen
reader (we used JAWS) and the other is Sun's Accessibility Bridge. The
trouble is that Java applications run in a virtual machine, so they are
basically invisible to an application that listens for Windows events,
so it's necessary to have what is essentially a translation layer,
exposing both Java events and the properties of Java objects to the
Windows environment so that JAWS can "see" them.
===
Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"It is foolish to answer a question that
you do not understand."
--G. Polya ("How to Solve It")
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