doesn't work in applications where it once used to work, and a user has no way to return to the state where things do work, the version of the screen reader should be down graded, and not upgraded. Yes, I know that's harsh and maybe a bit unfair, and I don't mean to belittle the wonderful work Kirk et al are doing, but free software or not, having a program which doesn't allow for backwards compatibility when needed, isn't going to help anyone, and might even make the screen reader less attractive to newbys, when they realize there are some applications that don't work with it. Next thing we know, they'll be saying it's just like the windblows screen reader, where some applications work, and others don't, and I'm sure none of us would want to have something like that being spread around. Also, while I appreciate Kirk's optimism, the fact is that we don't have a large team of programmers working on the project, and improving cursoring isn't going to happen over night. So, a feature that turns it on and off is good, until cursoring does get improved. Just my $.02 worth, and I hope I didn't step on anybody's toes here (smile). Greg On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 10:46:34AM -0500, Gene Collins wrote: > Hi Adam. I think you may be using Speakup 1.5, where as the folks > talking about the cursor tracking issues are using the cvs 2.0 version > of speakup. It is * NOT * a distribution issue, since Speakup behaves > uniformly across distributions. Kirk's motto applies, "Why be helpful > when you are not." (smile) Confusing the issue for other users with > what you think is happening when it ain't so is not helpful. > > I have long felt the Speakup 2.0 needs a cursor tracking off feature > similar to what 1.5 has. Kirk's response is that cursor tracking just > needs to work better. My response to that is, give the user control. > It doesn't matter what other screen readers have or don't have. If it's > a feature that people find useful, it aught to be implemented. I > realize that Kirk is busy, and this is in no way ment to be critical of > him. But if some of you feel like I do that there aught to be a cursor > tracking off feature that can be used with problem programs, for > example, alsa mixer, then let Kirk know your preferences. > > Perhaps if enough folks express the need for such a feature, it will be > put on the to do list. > > I post this just to bring the discussion to a wider audience. It's been > discussed on the reflecter, but most of the folks on the reflecter don't > seem to feel strongly about it. Maybe I'm beating a dead horse, and it > doesn't really matter to most folks. If that's so, so be it. But if > not, make your feelings known. > > Gene > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org
