Hi,
Yes. If you are using ICQ successfully, I would be very appreciative of any
assistance. As usually, I will do my best to
specific about the help I require.
Compared to Windows itself, or a program like Eudora Light, I do consider ICQ to be
quite inaccessible. I do not
recommend it to my clients for several reasons:
1.
Most of the time, my clients would not be people who would even be interested in most
of what we do. For example,
many would not be interested in mailing lists, and are not even on the Internet. They
are in an employment situation, and
they want to use the computer as a tool to perform a very specific set of tasks. It
is very unfortunate, but ICQ would be
the absolute least of someone's worries. Of course, for those who are interested in
advanced programs, are on the
Internet or interested in getting connected, I do highly encourage and help them. I
even work with such a person to
explore the use of these less-than-really-accessible programs. It just really depends
on the person's needs and what is
mandated. If someone at a state agency hires me to teach someone exactly what they
need to do a particular job, then
I can't teach them ICQ. Of course, I am sure the day is comming when the use of ICQ
on an intranet will be required.
I am very sorry that I am letting known my extreme frustration with this ICQ program,
and my initial outcry was completely
in frustration after spending many hours fighting with ICQ. I have figured out the
keystroke problem, though I can't
manage to find a way to change the keystrokes from within ICQ. It is very difficult
even to get into any of the program's
menus, as it doesn't use a standard menu bar, as it certainly could with all the
options it has to offer.
Use of the JAWS cursor often seems to be hit and miss, and I have already explained my
difficulties with the various
registration dialogues. That, right there, would be another reason I wouldn't usually
full with this program with any of my
clients. Much time would be wasted trying to get the thing registered. Despite my
pesimism with this software, I am very
willing to work together with others on these lists to learn to use it better. I do
think it is a wonderful concept.
Regards.
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:30:54 -0800, Counselor wrote:
>Darrell,
>
>First of all, I think you are doing a great disservice to your clients
>by telling them that ICQ is inaccessible by the blind, not to mention
>the fact that it is an outright lie. Are you honestly so vain that
>you think that if you cannot use a program that it is inaccessible by
>all blind people?
>
>The reason that the CTRL-SHIFT-C hotkey remains in effect even after
>removing it from the script is because it is not merely a script
>function, it is an ICQ function and will operate as long as ICQ is
>running. You can change the hotkey for this function in the ICQ
>preferences and I've already pointed out to the developers of the ICQ
>scripts that they might want to reconsider implementing scripts for
>the predefined ICQ hotkeys for just this reason. For example,
>CTRL-SHIFT-R conflicts with the Reply to All hotkey in outlook
>Express. Some of us Outlook Express/ICQ users might want to change
>the Reminders hotkey in the ICQ preferences.
>
>There are many of us (blind) ICQ users who are willing to help you
>with the program if you're interested. It is your choice.
>
>"Happiness isn't getting what you want, but appreciating what you
>have."
>Regards
>Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - ICQ UIN: 736807
>Computer and Internet Accessibility Consultant
>http://business.fortunecity.com/washington/444/
>Blind Man's Bluff: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/8545/
>
>
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