i've got vs.net 2003 and am using jaws 7. Regards,
Damien C. Sadler X-Sight Interactive Co-Manager http://x-sight.brandoncole.net Skype: damien_the_demon MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] GMA game engine > Hi Damien, > The VS .Net 2005 IDE and GUI is already accessible. I don't have many > problems using it with Jaws 8.0 or Window eyes 6.1. > Perhaps your screen reader is out of date, or you don't have the .Net > IDe configured for maximum accessibility, but Visual C++, Visual Basic, > and Visual C# are all pretty accessible. There is room for improvement, > but it is accessible. > As far as Microsoft's polacy of using .Net rather than Visual Studio 6 > age languages this is a global change where accessibility has nothing to > do with it. It has to do with the fact the technology is 10 years old > and can't keep up with the new features, requirements, and demands of > newer Windows platforms such as Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003. > The .Net aim is to make it easier to port applications across Windows > platforms without recompiling the application in the process or make > changes in your com interface to keep up with newer standards that came > out. The theory is you could compile your app for a 32 or 64 byt > fversion of .Net and still be able to drop the app on a 32 byt PC > without having to compile against a 32 byt version of .Net for a 32 byt > os. > In addition mobile devices are becoming quite handy and it is nice to be > able to write an app, and run it on your Windows CE powered device > without having to actually recompile the app for a tablet PC, etc. > Bottom line, visual Basic 6 is old, out ran it's usefulness, and the > programming world moves on without it. > > > X-Sight Interactive wrote: >> if they want people to start using .net they should make both the ide and >> the gui's made by it more accessible in my opinion. >> >> Regards, >> >> Damien C. Sadler >> X-Sight Interactive Co-Manager >> http://x-sight.brandoncole.net >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
