Well, I said it was "my opinion" but I was really just echoing the current views of blind folks who work at our medical center. They have had a lot of experience with both gui and roll and scroll. I hope better options are still in the pipeline.
John Clemens (telecommuting while Devil's Slide is under repair) Mon-Fri, 0730-1600 phone 650.464.7585 (personal cell) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Woodhouse Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 8:51 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Migrating vista console module routines to cleint side GUIs --- "Clemens, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > I think I know just who to ask, but my gut reaction is that a non-sighted user would feel just as frustrated the strictly sequential nature of the interface as would as sighted user. I've watched people jump between panels and tabs with JAWS all the time. In fact, I was recently at a presentation where a sighted user had their mouse taken away and the first task given them was to get to something at the bottom of the screen. Now, in all fairness, Menu Manager at least does support "^" jumps and rubber band jumps, but I'm surprised how rarely I use these capabilities. They do increase the cognitive load of the user a bit and can caus problems because the user gets no feedback on whst is required and what is not. === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "It is foolish to answer a question that you do not understand." --G. Polya ("How to Solve It") ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
