<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Now the question is, can you still
manage to change those parameters by hand like through menus, or
is it 100% reliant on you remembering keystrokes?<br>
thanks,<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">
<a href="http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/">Brandon Keith Biggs</a></div>
On 2/25/2015 5:20 AM, James Teh via RWP wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:54ED4D87.7070509@jantrid.net" type="cite">On
25/02/2015 1:18 PM, Jim Snowbarger via RWP wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">I must admit, I take exception to
statements like, such and such is
<br>
completely fake. So what if it is fake. Fake, I suppose, means
that the
<br>
sighted user doesn't see it.
<br>
</blockquote>
Well, actually, you could argue the sighted user sort of does see
it. However, being able to focus on each field is not something
that REAPER offers. In this case, when I say it's fake, it's more
that we'd be creating our own entirely different UI, and that
creates a whole load of problems. Mostly, it's a technical issue.
<br>
<br>
As for efficiency, this virtual navigation thing is actually far
less efficient than using keyboard shortcuts to adjust parameters.
With virtual navigation, you have to cursor over to the parameter
and then adjust it. With dedicated shortcut keys, you just press
the right key. The learning curve is steeper, but the efficiency
is greater. So, in this case, I don't buy the efficiency argument.
<br>
<br>
Sometimes the efficiency argument *is* quite valid. Where
something is faster for a sighted user for whatever reason, we
should make it faster for a blind user as well, even if that
requires a slightly different user experience. However, I draw the
line when you start providing things that a sighted user can't do
at all. In that case, it's now a general purpose extension, not an
accessibility extension, and it should be split out accordingly.
Furthermore, when you start completely replacing the UI, you may
as well be using a different product.
<br>
<br>
Jamie
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>