Hello,
I'd like to make one final little observation on this subject. I
myself have been blind all my life. I find that working with sighted
colleagues as well as my own family is much easier to do on the Mac.
Also, because of the way VoiceOver works, it is much easier to work
with sighted people. In fact, at first, I was really surprised in how
easy it was to communicate with others and them communicate with me.
Of course all of this is subjective and it should be. What works well
for one may not work as well for another person.
So I will end this by saying that I have no regrets about switching
completely to the Mac environment.
Dan
On Nov 29, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
I think you are quite right. In fact, I am confident that I can take
a Mac class, which is something I would never do under Windows
anymore, as I can follow the class on the Mac so much easier.
Thanks foerliasetning,
Alex,
On 29-Nov-08, at 2:40 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Vic, I think the point your missing is that how a sighted person
works with the cursor while editing verses how a blind person using
a screen reader uses the cursor is different and that should not be
the case. The way both sighted and non-sighted folks perform the
same task on the Mac is not different. THis is how it really should
be. You should be able to edit a document in the same manner all be
it with the keyboard verses the mouse. Understanding where that
cursor is in relation to the words or characters will help when you
are communicating possibly with a sighted colleague.
This is at least how I'm interpreting this thread. It's not saying
that one OS does it right or wrong, it's the screen readers I
gather on the windows platform that present it incorrectly.
However, if I interpreted the facts inaccurately, I have no doubt
someone will correct me.
On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:58 PM, Victor Tsaran wrote:
Hey guys,
I hear you all, Mac fans, and this is awsome that you love this
OS. Just FYI, I love 'em all!
But please be careful when you make statements like "this is the
way it should be". It was very constructive to hear explanations
on how cursor works on the Mac and let's leave it at that. I'd
simply say, this is the way it is...
Thanks,
Vic
