And that's the beauty of script writing learned at the user level where custom menu type scripts can be writtin for just about anything. I'm currently working on a menu solution for burning cd's for example. On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:09:04AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Charlie: > > Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing > such a menuing system! > > hint hint hint > > Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well, > that's another story. > > Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because > it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something > the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why > doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you? > > Back at the command line? > > Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing > system, is far worse. > > Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning. > > On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > Jim, > > > > There is access not far off. I would like to see a menuing system > > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to > > remember all those commands and switches. > > > > -- charlie Crawford. > > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui? > > > > > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text > > >mode. I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the winxp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
