Ah, for the good old days of menus only.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: David Edick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Loss of Focus Continued.
> actually, for a sighted person, when a program closes (jaws can be
> running or not) it clears the screen uncovering the program it was
> hiding. a sighted person would see this and not even notice that the
> system has lost focus. if they want to go to an icon on the desktop,
> they would just "click" it. so they don't care what the pc focus is
> doing. th3e only way they would care is if they didn't have a mouse, or
> were operating only by keyboard.
>
> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:03:35 -0500 "BOB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > That brings up a good point. What do sighted people have to contend
> > with.
> > When they close one program, does the system automatically bring up
> > a new
> > one? or do they have to click on something with the mouse to get it
> > to work?
> > If they have the same problem, then it seems to be a microsoft
> > problem. Of
> > course, for the folks with blindness impairment, it's no problem,
> > not
> > really.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Walt Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 9:51 AM
> > Subject: Re: Loss of Focus Continued.
> >
> >
> > >Sorry, but it seems to me that the most fundamental function of a
> > screen
> > >access system is to focus the running application and when it
> > doesn't,
> > >it's more than merely irritating ... it's a major problem with the
> > access
> > >system. The fact that there are kludgy work-arounds doesn't
> > impress me.
> > >Something fundamental is broken and it requires fixing.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Walt Smith - Raleigh, NC
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >"And now I know you're dissatisfied with your position and your
> > place
> > > But don't you understand that's not my problem?"
> > > - Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
> > >
> > >
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