windblows, was: Re: Look Out Macintosh!

[Jason Symes]

Gees, can't even type for beans! I was addressing why sighties will use
windows, not whether vi or blind people will. If I could only type anymore!
At 05:29 PM 9/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
>By the way, I was addressing why sighted people continue to use windows,
>not whether sighted people will use it. I should add that I think linux
>will compete with ms in certain sectors of our economy, say in the schools
>of higher learning and large corperate businesses, though I doubt linux
>will be a serious competitor in the home pc sector.
>At 05:21 PM 9/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>If you're in windblows, and there is something for which you don't have
>set files or scripts for your screen reader, hearing "custom control" as
>you move around is indeed very intuitive, (yes, I'm being sarcastic).
>>Greg
>>
>>
>>On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 02:44:22PM -0500, Jason Symes wrote:
>>> Now I can take issue with that, but I won't. Suffice it to say that
Windows
>>> will stay no. 1 because of its easy, graphical interface.
>>
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>Jason Symes
>kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat
>can cause kids
>The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the
>zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke)
>if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything.
>If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all!
>Just trying to plug away!
>
Jason Symes
kids in the backseat can cause accidents, but accidents in the back seat
can cause kids
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the
zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke)
if you stand for nothing you're liable to fall for anything.
If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all!
Just trying to plug away!