Anyone care to read this!

[Janina Sajka]

If it's a USB standards compliant device, it should just work. I have not had an issue with USB recently.

Sina Bahram writes:
> Janina...i sincerely want to know the answer to this question, not start a
> flame war.
> 
> But how about USB devices? For example, a new USB keyboard.
> 
> Take care,
> Sina
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:16 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Anyone care to read this!
> 
> 
> Oh, I think we can find devices that Windows won't just automatically
> recognize. There's no magic going on there--just more drivers being written
> by the device manufacturers.
> 
> ameer armaly writes:
> > I agree.  For instance, someone might just want their system setup  to 
> > a general standard, and they'd configure it later if they needed to.  
> > Then, they don't have to do all the configuration, but it's left 
> > optional. That's one of the things I see in windows; getting under the 
> > hood is harder,  but at the same time, I can plug in a new device, let it
> install
> > and autodetect the driver, and use it.   So I guess it depends on the
> > person.  For me, I use linux for tinkering around and for things like 
> > playing mp3's on my laptop, which doesn't use as much battery power as 
> > windows, but I like jaws's interface to the web better.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Charles Crawford wrote:
> > 
> > > 	While  I agree with you that it is good to have a handle on stuff 
> > > to make your apps more flexible, I don't think it is quite fair to 
> > > get down on folks who want say a word processor that works out of 
> > > the box.  If they write great stuff that contributes to the welfare 
> > > of humankind, then shall we condemn them for using the creative 
> > > energy we might use in Linux towards a great goal?  In short, 
> > > different strokes for different folks.  We should have both kinds of 
> > > operating systems and applications.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> > >
> > > > you're preeching to the converted here.
> > > > fact is there's a big market out there for the microsoft way of 
> > > > doing things. And, make no mistake that's why microsoft has the 
> > > > market share it does.
> > > >
> > > > The simple fact is $user out there wants things done 
> > > > automatically. and that means all hardware has to work out of the 
> > > > box and more than likely a technission has to put it all together 
> > > > and set it all up for them.
> > > >
> > > > $user out there just wants to turn the damn thing on and go. They 
> > > > don't give a fuck what's under the hood. we do, and we know better 
> > > > but unfortunately that's the way of the world.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -- Charlie Crawford
> > >
> > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175