[arachne] ON DYSLEXIA

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:09:55 -0500 GMT, Brian C. Murphy wrote:

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> ON DYSLEXIA

> On Tuesday June 19 2006, Greg Mayman said:
> "Dyslexia does NOT mean a person is illiterate.  Nor Does even severe 

> dyslexia mean someone would prefer a GUI.  Seems Mental deficiency can 

> come in other forms too!"

Sure Greg, I have a mental deficiency... I'am dislectic.

BTW: what the hell is a GUI? 

<snip>

> A few literate, non-dyslexic people do manage to function well in 

> Windows, and I both envy them and wish them well.

> Unfortunately most non-dyslexic Windows users struggle hard with the 

> counteruitive GUI and can do very little in Windows beyond running a 

> browser.  

I can not speak for most dislective people but the struggle is hard...
perhaps just because I like to know how things function.
Just clicking the icons is not hard and if all goes well using windows
is not hard. But, if somethimg is wrong then it becomes hard, too hard.

> Most of them can do none of the things a DOS user does many 
> times a day, like zipping and unzipping files, changing pitch and 
> margins on an editor or word processor, or moving quickly from 
> application to application to perform their requisite work.

Regards, Bastiaan


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