I know it was <smile>.
On 13/08/2013, at 5:23 AM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > My remark regarding GW Micro was meant entirely tongue in cheek. But, as it > comes around, I don’t suppose they much care what you think either. :) > > However, I will make the point that you have the name slightly wrong, > according to the review. The name is actually “Socializer”, not > “Social-Eyes” which, I believe, the GW Micro people call their FaceBook > application. My only objection to this second approach and, of course, this > objection is based purely on what I read in the review, is that you are > forced to subscribe to their network. So, even though we bought their System > Access product outright as a stand-alone product, we could not, had we a mind > to do so, subscribe to this one product alone. Of course, it is entirely > possible that I got that wrong, but that’s the way I understood things from > the review. > > I don’t honestly see how I could justify paying another 20 quid a month just > to unify social networking. I agree that it would be nice to have them all > in one application. But the price is just a little too high for me to > consider from my own personal perspective. Now, just before anybody jumps on > that comment, I’m not saying it’s wrong for anybody else. Everybody should > do as they see fit. But I don’t honestly see us subscribing any time soon if > it means paying another 20 quid a month. To be equally honest, I really > don’t see what all the fuss is about with FaceBook anyway. The web content > is pretty awful in my opinion at least from the perspective of a > screen-reader user on any platform. I am sure that somebody will come back > to that comment and say that there are scripts for Jaws or sets for > Window-Eyes, etc. But I don’t think FaceBook is half as interactive, or half > as user-friendly as Twitter is, for example. > > And finally, I would comment that it sometimes isn’t a good idea to put one’s > eggs all in the same basket. Break the basket and you invariably break all > the eggs as well and end up with a slippery, sticky and smelly mess all over > the proverbial floor.;-) > > For the benefit of those who have their punctuation settings so high that > they do not read them, this message contains at least two smily faces to > indicate tongue-in-cheek comment. > > Kind regards > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > > > <[email protected]> > > Telephone: > > United Kingdom: Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > > Mobile: > +44 7907 823971 > > Europe and other non-specified: > +44 1642 688095 > > United States Of America And Canada: > +1 646 9151493 > Or: > +1 209 436 9443 > > Vic. Australia: > +61 38 8205930 > Vic. Australia > +61 39 0284505 > > Fax: > +44 1642 365123 > > Follow Us On Twitter: > <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> > > Skype: > <skype:mac-access-dot-net?call> > > ------------------------------ > > > > > On 12 Aug 2013, at 08:03, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Quite frankly I think very few of us are terribly interested in what GW >> Micro like or don't like <smile>, I've always thought the better way to >> handle this sort of thing is to have all the Social Networking stuff in 1 >> place and that's what Socialize provides along with a user friendly >> interface etc, haven't tried it yet but certainly will. >> >> On 12/08/2013, at 4:32 PM, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I bet GW Micro won’t like this one little bit! ;-) >>> >>> My only negative is that it involves more money to pay out by those who are >>> visually impaired, whilst those who are not get it for free. I certainly >>> don’t expect everything for free, but it would be nice if those who >>> purchased the stand-alone screen-reader could purchase this as stand-alone >>> as well. It’s a bit like charging for FAceBook and Twitter, not to mention >>> Skype and Google access. Again, I know that there are costs to meet but it >>> would be nice if we had the option. >>> >>> Speaking from a purely personal perspective, whilst I endorse the basic >>> concept wholeheartedly, I think I’ll wait to see how this one pans out >>> before investing money into it. Most of my activities are outside of the >>> Windows platform and, therefore, I will await developments elsewhere. So, >>> in short, great idea and I certainly wish the developers well with it. 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