On Tuesday 11 January 2011 22:16:12 mike cutie and maia wrote:
> yes i am a blind user trying to do it its not always easy to copy from the
> book with a screen reader so i am throwing away this build and am going to
> try again and hope i have better luck  this next time
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Moffat
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:33 PM
> To: LFS Support List
> Subject: Re: questions about modifying the temp tool chain
> 
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 01:55:24AM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote:
> 
> [ stuff ]
> 
>  Alternatively, you've got accessibility issues.  I know we've had
> occasional users with speech readers, but most of us can't advise on
> the issues.  The thought of having to remember all of the
> information in the book scares me to death.

This is one of the unrealized reasons I suggested including links on each page 
to the more important instruction and overview pages. Having unobtrusive links 
to the steps common to each package available on each page serves to remind 
users that those steps are there and, in this case, would help people who 
*must* memorize everything to do so. In time, we all memorize the book, but 
doing so is far easier when one can easily flip from page to page and quickly 
see what we're looking for. Waiting for text to be read must be extremely 
frustrating, as must be searching for a page of info when you can't see what 
you're looking for.

While the Book may be technically correct, it isn't necessarily friendly. To 
be sure, I'm not suggesting the book be rewritten or reformatted just to 
coddle people through the entire process. But perhaps a checkbox that shows or 
hides the 'training wheels' would suffice.
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