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From: Jim on 20 Mar 2010 17:34 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > Don't worry, it's Conor, it's what he does. > > Oh frigging hell. This another one I should have avoided. Concerned > that coming back again may have caused more trouble again. I believe in > being upfront about OS differences, but nobody can deny the viability > of OS X for the blind these days, especially as the installation is > selfvoiceing. Ach, don't worry about it. Good to have you back. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK Please help save Bletchley Park - sign the petition for Government funding at: (open to UK residents and ex.pats) http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ Thank you.
From: James Jolley on 20 Mar 2010 17:35 On 2010-03-20 19:03:26 +0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> said: > On 20/03/2010 16:15, Bernard Peek wrote: > >> One of the things to note is that the more experience you have with >> Windows or Mac systems the harder you may find it to work with Linux. > > Actually that's partially wrong. The more experience you have with Mac > OS X, the better you'll get on with Linux. Certainly my Linux > experience made the switch to OS X virtually seamless. Funny, I came from a unix based background when I worked in Bristol. Rolls Roice there let me hook up my notetaker and use the device as a talking terminal. Those were the days, never again. Best -James-
From: James Jolley on 20 Mar 2010 17:36 On 2010-03-20 20:12:32 +0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> said: > On 20/03/2010 20:01, Jim wrote: >> Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>> I'm sure you'll enjoy an endless mutual wankathon over the deficiencies >>>> of OSX. >>> >>> I'm just not trying to claim it is the perfect OS others are. >> >> Who are these 'others'? Most people here are fully aware of both the >> strong and the weak points of OSX. >> >> Jim > > There has been more than a little fanboism at the slightest whiff of a > criticism. Now this is certainly unfair. I know what it's like to have no access to stuff. It's a question of finding your own solutions and the current OS X works fine for me.
From: James Jolley on 20 Mar 2010 17:38 On 2010-03-20 20:13:10 +0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> said: > On 20/03/2010 20:04, Jim wrote: > >>> Sadly, like PnP, it'll mean people have one less reason to actually >>> learn something about the equipment they're using. >> >> Why should they have to? Most people use a computer to _get things >> done_, not twiddle endlessly with conf files and learn x86 assembler. >> > > Because in order to use pretty much everything with electric running > through it, its a good idea to RTFM. Assuming that the "M" bit is in an accessible format. When I opened up the macbook I bought, I turned it on, got a message about "Mac OS X includes VoiceOVer....", was asked to hit a key if I didn't know how to use VO and learnt that way. Nothing like instant gratification. Try that with Squorca.
From: Jim on 20 Mar 2010 17:39
Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > > Conor is right much of the time, but refuses to accept other people's > > experiences and has absolutely no interest in social graces. > > Should fit in here very well then! ;-) [laugh!] Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK Please help save Bletchley Park - sign the petition for Government funding at: (open to UK residents and ex.pats) http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ Thank you. |