and that, is what I'm talking about. instead of talking to them,
you're moaning here on a forum that has little to do with that
which you are complaining about accept for the aspects relating to
Skype.
Instead of complaining about it, Reach out and discuss with the
developers themselves. they really aren't big scary ogres
On 6/10/2018 06:18, Octavian Rasnita
wrote:
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"insure that the
things you want and need are there in future iterations of
said software and your lives and mine, will be considerably
better for it".
Windows 7 is almost at its end of life,
but it is still worse than Windows XP was for me.
It won't be improved anymore, so it will
be worse forever.
I used it for many years and I got very
used to it, but it still works bad, JAWS reads some strange
words in some applications (TextPad), the command prompt works
also worse, the version of Outlook Express I use has some
limitations, the other email client have some missing features
etc.
And I can tell you that I tried very many
other alternative programs that could work a little better,
but none of them have all the features I need.
If I'd need to use the computer just for
entertainment, all these things wouldn't be a problem, because
if something would not be accessible, I can choose to use
something else and that's all.
--Octavian
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Sent: Friday, October 05,
2018 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish]
such a waste of intelligent energy
to be fair to all and sundry on list, for the most part, the
below has happened. people ask, and concise answers were given
out.
Granted, it isn't always immediately apparent, hence the
reasons for the questions in the first place.
What is a continual bugbear, however, is the incessant
moaning as opposed to the more practical reaching out to the
developers at the grass roots of the project, calmly
explaining what they'd like to see happen in order that their
experience with the end-product remains comfortable and
unhindered by obstacles they are unable to overcome. Yet,
there is point blank refusal to at the very least try, slurs
and strongly worded suggestions as to what said conglomerate
can do with their current iteration of said end-product, and
wishes for deprecated and quite frankly, insecure
implementations of underlying software infrastructure, to
bring back a product that was flaky at best and a downright
headache, even for the more tech savvy among us at worst.
There is little need to point fingers, but, it seems to be
currently, a trend I'm seeing, and while it is not necessarily
endemic to our own community, it is something that is more
prevalent than it needs to be.
Quite frankly, older software and operating systems are being
done away with, because they have security holes and are based
on now defunct code and deprecated practices. Windows XP, for
instance, hasn't been supported for the better part of three
years, yet, there are still people out there using it on the
internet, even knowing that it is a security risk to their
home or corporate networks. It's only going to be a couple of
years, before win7 is similarly no longer supported, and
people the world over, even though they are better informed,
are going to continue to use it, knowing they're placing
themselves and everyone else they interact with at risk.
I digress, however. What I'm ultimately saying is this.
Don't fight change simply for the sake of fighting it and
because what yu are using is comfortable, be an instrument of
change, and calmly, logically and reasonably enter in to
discourse with those in the know, and insure that the things
you want and need are there in future iterations of said
software and your lives and mine, will be considerably better
for it. not to mention the myriad others that would doubtless
thank you for your efforts in insuring they have as smooth a
transition and as great an experience as they enjoy currently.
On 6/10/2018 02:57, Mike DeZinno
wrote:
Amen, Lewis!
I've been using a talking computer since 1987, and the same
scare and fear tactics have ripped through the blind
community every year for those 31 years since my first
computer spoke its first words.
Change is inevitable, and life is all about constant change.
And as my sainted mother told me when I was a 11 year old
blind kid who couldn't join a little league team;
"the value of your life isn't determined by the few things
you can't do, but rather by the many things you can do!"
We would all be better served here in our Skype community if
we just asked how-to questions and just gave each other non
judgmental answers.
State the problem or situation and then sit back, chill for
a few, and wait for someone to share some solutions.
Besides science has proven, you live longer when you learn
how to just accept life's little jabs to your soul. LOL
Stay well and have a great fun weekend,
Mike in SC
At 11:38 AM 10/5/2018, you wrote:
Hello friends,
I see so much wasted energy being wasted on a subject that
has been argued to the point of trying to ride a dead
mule.
The new skype is here and its not going away. No company
in the world goes backward, and its not going to happen
with skype.
All this intelligent energy should be expended towards
helping each other to access, understand and use the new
program to our fullest abilities, so that we are ready and
able to improve our use of the program, as the needed
accessibility fixes come along.
As long as blind people have been using computers, the
improvements regarding accessibility have come along, and
guess what, we haven’t been left behind yet.
That’s because of good common sense advocacy for
accessibility and the willingness of blind computer users
to use what we have so we are comfortable with existing
programs,
which makes it much easier for when much needed
improvements are developed in order to turn our experience
into a smooth transition .
We all want the same thing as it relates to accessibility.
Just think how much someone like myself could have learned
if all of these angry messages were full of helpful
questions and answers for using the new skype?
Catcha later from Lewis!
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