Tell me about it. As Master Yoda from Star Wars might say, patience, yes,
yes. And I've never even used Windows 10 for te simple reason that I can't.I
still have Windows Vista.
Focus your powers and prepare for buttle.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Duran via Talk
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:19 AM
To: Talk
Subject: Accessibility: A Reality Check
What's this "second class" citizen nonsense? What's this "poor me" attitude?
I don't get it!
The basic fact is: A major release of a product always has problems because
of the sheer complexity of the product. That's the way it is so get over
it! It has nothing to do with accessibility or the lack of. It has nothing
to do with economic status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or the
weather!
No doubt, there are hundreds of things about Windows 10 that are bugging
millions of sighted users at present; get over it; get real; stop whining!
They will get fixed; just wait for the next release if you are so unhappy.
Both Apple and Microsoft are committed to accessibility for their products;
it's good business; it's the federal law! The W3C Consortium sets
accessibility standards worldwide, and the big companies try to meet them
and keep up. Complexity is the "enemy" not Apple, Microsoft, Google, and so
on.
The problem: The more folks have, the more they want. Back when I was a
college student, I relied on the technology at the time, books recorded on
cassettes. I had to rewind tapes over and over again to find the stuff I
needed to read for class the next day, a laborious process indeed. Now, I
perform similar tasks, but with an accessible computer using search
commands, and get annoyed when a search takes more than a few seconds. Go
figure!
Google surveys show that users get frustrated if Google searches take more
than 10 seconds; sighted people whine too when frustrated.
Every time GW Micro releases a major upgrade, this list becomes a "whine
list" which makes me need a gin and tonic. I can't wait for the fixes to
Windows 10; thereafter, amazing accessibility will be available on a
multitude of devices: computers, tablets, smart phones, and who knows what
else. And the great thing, Microsoft will have a single user interface
across devices so I will need to learn only one set of commands to work with
them all.
Someone on this list just complained about the "ribbon bar" now in some more
Windows apps; well, Microsoft is trying to unify its user interface and thus
simplify the user experience. Yeah, people don't like to change; my sighted
wife hates Word 2013 because she doesn't know how to use the ribbon bar, and
she refuses to read my tutorial about it. That's her problem, not
Microsoft's!
Peter Duran
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