Hi Dark, You keep asking about benefits. Does a more secure system that is less likely to be infiltrated by malware not a benefit to you? *smile*
On an aside on this business of touch screens… One nice feature of Mac OS X and VoiceOver which you may find interesting, is that VoiceOver gives you the best of both worlds. It will use the Mac's trackpad and turn it into a virtual touch screen, laying out the current control or window on the trackpad for you to freely move around, just as you can on an iPhone or iPad screen. It is extremely useful and efficient. You keep eluding, rather cryptically, to these business practices of Apple's that you dislike, but I strongly suspect that you are simply mis-informed, as you were about iTunes. I encourage you to get better informed on the facts before holding so tightly to your views, which seem to be outdated at best. You may find that there are more alternatives out there that are better suited to your needs and wants than you believe. And, FWIW, the Zoom interactive fiction interpreter for Mac is the best IF interpreter I have ever used for any platform in terms of accessibility and usability. The Inform7 mac development environment for writing your own is likewise totally accessible. On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:37 PM, "dark" <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi tom. > > touch screens are the rub however with that one and why I don't want to > completely dismiss windows eight, since I do indeed like the touchscreen > interface on ios which has an icon setup much as you describe windows 8 > having, which would I agree be a nightmare with arrows but is great with a > touch screen and speech. > > Another part of this however, particularly where things like ribbons are > concerned, is why should! a user bother learning a new interface, ---- or to > put it a little less bluntly, what extra bennifits are provided with windows > 7 or 8 that xp doesn't have, ie, what more will it do for me that justify the > time spend learning all this. > > in the case of the Ios screen this was clear. if I wanted to play games like > king of dragon pass, as well as access phone functions like text messages, > siri etc, I had to learn the interface, there was a clear bennifit to doing > so. What however does windows 8 do that xp doesn't that justifies a persons > time? > > This is more than just an idle question. For a visually impared user, > naturally stuff is more difficult, that is part of life, this means however > that a person needs to pick their battles a little more carefully and is my > point as to windows 7. > > As you've already said, the practical functionality isn't that much over xp, > all it provides is extra trouble and work to learn, so why should! people > take the trouble for something that they can do anyway? > > Windows 8 might be another beast entirely since touchscreens have a different > set of bennifits to keyboards, which is why I will likely wait to try windows > 8 (and specifically windows 8 with a touch screen), before making up my mind > entirely on the subject. > > Beware the Grue! > > dark. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
