RE: WINDOWS OR MAC? APPLE SAYS BOTH
- From: "Jeff Bishop" <jeff.bishop@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:25:04 -0700
Yes, please, stop it <grin>.
-----Original Message-----
From: blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Skarstad
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:09 AM
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: WINDOWS OR MAC? APPLE SAYS BOTH
I thought we already had, til more responses came in.
Let's please respect Jeff's wishes and let a dead thread stay dead.
At 01:48 AM 4/21/2006, you wrote:
>I'm so glad that we're getting this thing behind us.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Lino Morales" <lmorales@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 1:00 AM
>Subject: Re: WINDOWS OR MAC? APPLE SAYS BOTH
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>>Hey thanks Chris,
>>I know I'm late in responding to this, but I've been getting threw this
>>knuckle head what you said in this message. To each his own!
>>Lino Morales and Louie Lab
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>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 5:37 PM
>>Subject: Re: WINDOWS OR MAC? APPLE SAYS BOTH
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>>If you don't mind me saying, this thread is becoming tiresome. It is
>>serving very little purpose, other than for people to go back and
>>forth about wether or not Windows or Mac is the best.
>>I'm going to play the diplomat here and say that it's all about what
>>you like to use. If you find that you like to use the Mac OS, and it
>>does what you want to use, then by God, use it! and if, like me,
>>Windows works for you, then use that. I am sick and tired of these
>>arguments and I wish they'd stop.
>>Just use what you want to use and if someone else chooses to use
>>something else, don't make fun of them or condemn them. They made a
>>choice, so let them be who they're going to be.
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>>At 03:10 PM 4/8/2006, you wrote:
>>>itunes? important?
>>>You got to be kidding me. and how different do you see apples
>>>accessibility framework from microsoft's msaa or jaws and window eyes
>>>needing standard windows controls?
>>>BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net
>>>blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>website: http://blindtechs.net
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>>>On Apr 8, 2006, at 9:10 AM, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi Gabe,
>>>>
>>>>When I questioned an Apple rep at one of the CSUN presentations,
>>>>even she didn't know what to say when I brought up the weak
>>>>application support in VoiceOver, other than it is the app's
>>>>responsibility to support VoiceOver. We all know how well that's
>>>>going to work. She couldn't tell me much about Apple's total lack
>>>>of support in VoiceOver for such important built-in apps as iTunes,
>>>>either. Very disappointing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications!
>>>>Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator!
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>>>>Information should be accessible to us without need of translation
>>>>by another person.
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>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net"
>>>><blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:58 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: WINDOWS OR MAC? APPLE SAYS BOTH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>can you tell me, what limitations, you "KNOW" of and not
>>>>>limitations that you "HEARD" of.
>>>>>BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net
>>>>>blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>website: http://blindtechs.net
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Apr 7, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Chris Skarstad wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well, now all that's different is the hardware. But my question
>>>>>>is, what makes mac hardware so much better than Windows stuff?
>>>>>>I do have to admit that i like the idea of just being able to
>>>>>>walk up to any computer, hit a hotkey and have a screenreader.
>>>>>>I've never been a mac geek, but I do have to say I'm impressed
>>>>>>with the idea. Now all they need to do is make it a *true*
>>>>>>screenreader, one that is as powerful as JAWS and Window-eyes.
>>>>>>Right now, it is good but there are still limitations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At 02:20 AM 4/7/2006, you wrote:
>>>>>>>600 is quite a bit?
>>>>>>>BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net
>>>>>>>blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>website: http://blindtechs.net
>>>>>>>Visit our website where we offer free email, shell accounts,
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Apr 6, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>Actually I would be much happier if it were to go the other way
>>>>>>>>- run
>>>>>>>>Mac OS X on generic Intel machines. I would love to run the
>>>>>>>>Mac OS on
>>>>>>>>my currently owned windows box. In fact, if Voice over gets
>>>>>>>>just a
>>>>>>>>little bit better, i would love to scrap winblows entirely and
>>>>>>>>just
>>>>>>>>run
>>>>>>>>the Mac and Linux partitions instead. But to buy a new Mac from
>>>>>>>>start,
>>>>>>>>that would set me back quite a bit.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 03:21:45PM -0400, Jerry Halatyn wrote:
>>>>>>>>>Windows will run natively on Intel-based Macs so,k yes, you can
>>>>>>>>>install
>>>>>>>>>JAWS or any other Windows screen reader or screen access
>>>>>>>>>software.
>>>>>>>>>Very
>>>>>>>>>exciting development.
>>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>From: "Allison Mervis" <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:27 PM
>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: WINDOWS OR MAC? APPLE SAYS BOTH
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I assume that we could potentially load jaws on to the Mac and
>>>>>>>>>>use it with
>>>>>>>>>>XP, and then play with voiceover every now and then.
>>>>>>>>>>Allison
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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