Re: [Lynx-dev] reaching gmail in basic html?

[Karen Lewellen]

May I ask on what you base my *insistence* on ms dos?
Unfortunately, due to an auditory processing disorder tied to a surgical 
vascular accident,  some frequencies, most software generated voices 
stimulate the dizzy centres of my brain.
That means for me the safe ranges come from hardware sources, dectalk 
specifically.
Given the quality of that speech, one would think those creating windows 
based programs would have  kept the patents and code for those voices.
Instead, one company  bought another wasted resources and created 
disturbingly poor quality  speech instead.
To be sure I prefer a low graphics environment.
Still as the saying goes DOS ain't dead, check out the djdpp project, or 
even freedos.
What is largely dead?  the assumption that  humans even if they share a 
label , are still individuals, with unique bodies circumstances and 
preferences.
The assumption, often perpetuated by  consumer groups and software makers 
is that all people sharing a label are Interchangeable.
Did Linux write drivers t incorporate dectalk in products like the reading 
edge? no.
Can dos be a graphical platform, certainly.
Was access to basic html in gmail important to many, not even tied to 
accessibility?
Absolutely, do a search for the phrase  how do I  access gmail in basic 
html?  and you will find lots and lots of lists where people discuss the 
benefits for various reasons.
before you decide I am insisting on anything perhaps ask why the platform 
is needful.  Perhaps if more developers did not take a one user fits all 
approach, I would have safer voices to use.



On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:

> David Woolley wrote in <b37a4e09-2152-ac08-bbd8-fc5626749d9a@david-wooll\
> ey.me.uk>:
> |On 05/11/2019 22:14, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> |> 1. I do not, cannot physically use the windows operating system.
> |
> |Even if you are blind, the in industry expectation is that you use a
> |program called JAWS, under Windows.  In fact, many companies seem to
> |think that all that is necessary for their web site to be accessible is
> |that it can be used under JAWS.
> |
> |If you still want a non-graphical environment, Linux would be the
> |operating system of choice.
> |
> |Whilst there are standards for remoting accessing mail, there are no
> |effective ones for remotely accessing address books, etc., so if you use
> |a network based service for this you have to accept that they will be
> |targeting Windows users only, and any accessibility considerations will
> |assume the use of JAWS + Windows.
>
> They plan to overcome that with the JMAP protocol, the mail part
> of which became RFC 8621.
>
> |By insisting on MS-DOS, you are putting yourself in a position where it
> |is becoming increasingly difficult to support your usage.
>
> --steffen
> |
> |Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
> |der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
> |einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
> |(By Robert Gernhardt)
>
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