Basically - like said in other mail it basically let's the sighted computer
user identify a file type without reading the file extension, and instead of
a full size icon, it's shrunken small enough to fit more of them into a
smaller/longer list view as such.
On the other hand, if I'm showing a folder full of image files related to
something like a picture gallery's contents for a website or something like
that to a sighted person, I will under the view menu in windows explorer
switch over to thumbnail view so they can literally scan through the pics in
large bunches at a time, since they then get switched over to a sort of
minituarised version of the pics, in sort of row/column layout, where they
can sort of see what the pictures contain, without looking at all details.
That's a larger version of a picture/icon per file as well then.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about setting
So the answer was yes then?
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Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about setting
From wiktionary:
2. A rough sketch (e.g., the size of one's thumbnail).
3. (chiefly computing) A small picture, used as a compact representation
of
a larger image.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimsan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about setting
Tnx mike and Jacob, so thum nails is a visual thing?
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Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] question about setting
Thumbnails are smaller/shrunken versions of file type icons in this
case -
small graphical representation of file type for sighted guys so they
don't
have to, for example, read the .doc extension of a word document file
since
they'll see a small picture/icon next to it that looks like a piece of
white
paper, with a light blue capital letter W on it if I remember that one
correctly from old days.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimsan" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:02 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] question about setting
Hi,
I'm briefly looking through the folder options under windows explorer
and
there is a choice called display file ICON on thumb nails and its off.
What does that mean and what are thum nails?
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