[program-l] Re: NVDA:
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:13:08 -0800
I understand that it's only two guys.
My problem is not that NVDA is not the best screen reader out there,
but that I was all but told they don't even have that as a eventual
goal or aspiration. Or that creating even a minimal app module to show
how it should be done is pointless because windows programs are all so
different.
FS might not be the best company in the world but they do an
exponentially better job of supporting developers. It is my strong
belief that if the NVDA project were to concentrate on making the
product as easy as possible for others to write the modules for that
application support would take care of itself.
I could understand being told "Developer documentation is boring,
maybe we'll get around to it eventually" but again that's not the
attitude I got from them. I just don't see any point in supporting
people who won't publicly claim to want to produce the best program
they can. Maybe the best they can produce is still not the best on
the market but damn it they should still want to meet or exceed that
bar.
On 3/15/12, Homme, James <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> In their defense, it's only two guys for the most part, so they are forced
> to prioritize. I'm unsure how many major contributors there are.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-
>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Soronel Haetir
>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:38 AM
>> To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [program-l] Re: NVDA:
>>
>> I've given up on NVDA. It looked really promising for awhile, but the
>> attitude of the main developers really turned me off on the whole
>> thing. They never actually said it but it was really close to "we
>> don't want to put out the best product possible", I could have
>> understood saying "we're not there yet", but to not even hope to
>> eventually create the best screen reader out there was a hugwe turn
>> off. Also their attitude toward producing developer documentation.
>>
>> On 3/15/12, Abida Mahomed - Business Connexion
>> <Abida.Mahomed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> > I have been using jaws for the last 7 years or so. It has been
>> retalively
>> > stable. However, on starting a new job as a developer, it is
>> completely
>> > unstable. Even basic Microsoft Office is unstable, and teraterm and
>> telnet
>> > are another story. What are the advantages of using NVDA? Do you use
>> one
>> > screen reader for certain tasks and the other for others?
>> >
>> > Thanks a mill,
>> > Abida
>> >
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