Hi Tom.
Given game availability, I'd be willing to pay a good 30 usd for a dosbox
emulator, heck, I'd pay that just for eamon deluxe, though I agree with the
rest of your projects it wouldn't be such a good thing.
The reason I say windows 7 accessibility is worse is due to the several
hours I spent with the system. stuff not stay where it wase intensive use of
ribbons, less compartmentalized interfaces, less ability to open and close
parts of the interface which may or may not be more useful etc.
Remember, when i use the word "accessible" I don't just mean usable, but
also useable with minimal effort. I could quite believe that a person could
painstakingly learn the interface to windows 7 and the other programs,
however that learning is far harder than xp due to the fluid nature of the
interface, plus, from what I gather most people for windows 7 pretty much
just rely upon the search box, which isn't really the same if your looking
for say what games you have by a certain developer etc.
To take one simple example, in outlook express to send a mail to a person, I
just open the program tab to contacts, press the letter of a person's name
and find it.
in windows messenger I need to open the program, find the address book, find
the specific tab for names, find the individual person, tab across to the
mail address past lots of other info and options, go through lots of options
that I don't want a conference message etc, then write in the appropriate
fields.
This is what I mean about the interface, rather than having a tidy interface
where you can customize what is shown and how it is shown (columns, lists
etc), in windows 7 it just seems everything is chucked at you at once,
leaving you to wait through hundreds of icons, buttons, multi thread
options, alternate views and god knows what.
This is likely better for a sighted user since they don't have to open
things and can see everything at the start, but for a blind user that is not
the case.
i would however be iterested in trying windows 8 with a touch screen since
there the interface priorities change as I've experienced on an iphone, and
I would not be surprised if the priorities of what makes a good interface
for access change there from what they would be in pure speech.
Beware the grue!
dark.
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