So you are asserting that users would prefer insert+t to F12? Suppose I
were to provide you with evidence that that is untrue. Would that make
any difference to you? Suppose I were to show you that the majority of
users would prefer there to be a standard set of shortcut keys for the
most common functions in screen readers even at the expense of it being
a little less intuitive, would that matter to you?
-- John Heim
On 04/24/2017 08:27 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
It's not that I don't care about new users coming to Linux from Windows.
It's more that I care about the new computer user who's starting with
Linux. Why shouldn't they have the most intuitive set of key bindings
possible? What about those that have been using Orca all along? How
about those who are Windows users but want a more intuitive set of key
bindings? Should screen reader developers be held back from coming up
with new and innovative ways of doing things because they have to stick
to an old set of key bindings that weren't even developed for their
platform or screen reader?
I do care about those users coming from Windows, but I'm not sure that
should be the driving motivation for Orca's key bindings and the
underlying features needed to support them.
I also don't think a screen reader key mapping is the biggest issue
keeping people from moving from Linux to Windows. There are a lot more
moving parts to this transition then just a screen reader and it's key
mappings.
For my part, I used Windows and JAWS almost exclusively from 1997 to
2011. I still use it on my job today. I have no problem learning a new
set of key bindings especially if I feel it's a better and more
intuitive set of bindings.
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