This theme constantly sickens me when it comes to software development. Blind people are not a small manority when it comes to computer use. A large number of porportion of blind people use computers. With regards to skype and their dealing with blind people, I don't see how they could want to work with blind people in using their products and do what they do in 41 and other upgrades. Microsoft changed Office 2003 to Office 2007 and it is almost totally different interface; how, I have no problems using office 2007 because they considered blind users in their product changes. It is not less accessible because of the changes; it is just as accessible because of them and with the first letter steps, it is even more accessible. This is how skype should do it. Consider their features and make it a choice which interface to use. This is responsible programming.
I am so tired of blind people telling me that I must accept things the way they are just because sighted venders write for sighted people and blind people are not considered. We must stop crawling along and accepting whatever is thrown to us and start doing things to make venders consider our needs. Blind people are a large enough minority to make skype take a look at our needs. If blind people did not matter, they would not give anything about our feelings. They just don't use this concern to make positive changes; they use it to explain why they forget about our needs. I feel I am being forgotten with skype 41 and, if I can, I will try to do something about making a product like skype work for me or impress upon skype to add a classic view to their current product. This can be done easy enough. One last last thing: I use FTP Voyager and Serv-u; they had a very usable classic view in their old products; they changed their inyterface totally; but, in their view minu, there is one checkbox to go back to a total classic view and keep all new changes. This has not caused any problem for sighted people and I am sure Rhinosoft writes its products primarily for sighted people. This is what I am talking about; skype can do this, but for some reason they don't. I am kind of tired of this, as I feel I am not getting anywhere with skype and their interface and their lack of concern about my needs. I, like I said earlier, will use the product for as long as it is permitted with 38; skype will determine whether or not I can continue to use their product. I may be a manority, but I am a consumer with money to spend and a need to use whatever program I want to use. I am not swayed by that thing of "we blind people should just be grateful they even consider us at all." Without scripts, skype would not be usable at all; therefore, what has skype done for our benefit? If skype is so concerned about our needs, why do script writers have to always fix it for them. They should write their program for all people to use it in the first place. Again, it would not take much programming to put a complete classic view as part of their program. Also, I can't believe anyone had more trouble with 38 than with 41. James Robinson Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. www.hkprojects.tk and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
