- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 15:07:07 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Prof Norm Coombs <nrcgsh@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
- cc: Alan Cantor <acantor@oise.utoronto.ca>, WAI Education & Outreach Working Group <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
It is a trivial issue, but there is a very large group of computer programmers (probably larger as a proportion than among general users) who prefer to use a command line (keyboard-based) environment than a 'point-and-click' User Interface). However it would be a fair observation that the proportion of these people is significantly lower in User Interface Design than in other areas. I personally believe that this is a result of marketing priorities, since it has been widely accepted for the last decade or so that graphical User Interfaces are more 'user friendly', at least in the 'mass-market'. (I am not a touch typist. But I do prefer to use a keyboard interface for all common tasks, and find it frustrating when there isn't one.) Charles McCN On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Prof Norm Coombs wrote: I agree that disability is frequently a mismatch between a person and the environment. I also notice that mouse users are usually non-typists. Computer programmers are not usually typists. They find the mouse easier than learning good touch typing. Hence they design the interface for their touch typing disability. Norman --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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