Thank you and AMEN to that, Cindy Sue And thank you for speaking for all of us who are in touch with the code we use... Kind regards Harry Mob: +44 7826 926 994 ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ We do not inherit the Earth from our Parents- We are simply Borrowing it from our Children! Join 'Consumer Resistance Against Packaging' at http://apps.new.facebook.com/causes/57239?recruiter_id=12448357 ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Cindy Sue Causey" <butterflybytes@gmail.com> To: cdwise@wiserways.com Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:28:46 -0400 Subject: WYSIWYG [OT?] :: User Experience (Was: Layout Tables vs. Style Sheets).. > On 10/7/08, Cheryl D Wise <cdwise@wiserways.com> wrote: > > > > Many professionals who create web standards based sites use Dreamweaver, > > Expression, TopStyle and many other editors. Not one I know uses Notepad > > because they want color coding, syntax highlighting and code snippets. > > I do, I do.. :)) > > **ONLY** use very basic text editors like Notepad, Wordpad, Editpad.. > Doesn't matter what it is for.. For the cognitive reasons that I > occasionally get the chance to toss into the mix out here at W3C.. > > The "colorized" feature I saw referred to is horribly distracting.. > Almost as though it was something in constant motion with respect to > quantifying its level of distractability.. For whatever (cognitive ?) > reason, the eye-to-Brain translation simply does not function for > me.. It's pretty.. Just not effective.. :) > > And for some reason WYSIWYGs are not my type of Brain activity > friendly *AT ALL*, either.. But don't ask why.. It's just how it is.. > > No word strong enough to explain the frustration of programs that > keep trying to autocomplete, either.. Most of the time those have a > somewhat readily available toggle switch to access.. > > Whenever I encounter (the frustration of) autocomplete, I imagine my > friends with visual impairments or dexterity-related disabilities > trying to use the same.. I regularly consciously hope that those who > create such program features keep readily-accessed, alternative > accommodations in high priority consideration for my friends.. > > As long as I've mentioned autocomplete, there are those rare gems > that change the code behind my back after I've saved files.. > Frontpage 2003 and I went round and round over my style sheets just > for that reason not long ago.. Never did find THAT off toggle.. I > needed the code set up a certain way for my Mind to work with it, > and Frontpage unfortunately had its own ideas, albeit and granted, > much more compact.. :GRIN: > > To take it slightly further.. The [stairstep] method that is used for > coding..? The Mind is not able to process that, either.. Go figure.. > I can pretty much whip right through a straight line of [code].. Am not > able to, well, let's call it that I experience *EXTREME* difficulty > wading through the much cleaner looking blocks, snippets.. > > For what it's worth, I know "a number" of people like me out here, > too.. I run into them on various disability accessibility boards.. > They are "professional" developers, designers, what-have-you.. :) > > Sooo.. Please never say never.. Definitely no such thing as "no one > does" or "everyone does" in the experience of this keyboard, for > sure.. People are wearing all KINDS of different Shoes based on their > lot in Life out here across the WWW.. > > Cindy Sue :) > > - :: - > Celebrating Olmstead * June 22, 1999 > > www.Delicious.com/SilkWhispers/ > www.ButterflyBytes.com > Georgia Voices That Count, 2005 > Talking Rock, GA, USA ------- End of Original Message -------Received on Wednesday, 8 October 2008 11:29:48 GMT
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