[Menvi-discuss] piano methods

[taeschr at ix.netcom.com]

David, 

No one could have said it better. 

>From a geezer to a "crumudgeon," bravo for the truth! 

As technology grows out of control, and into a buzz-word, the landfills are bursting with our castoffs, while the "green" myth grows like a science fiction monster.

Richard
 


-----Original Message-----
>From: David Goldstein - Resource Center <info2 at blindmusicstudent.org>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2014 12:46 PM
>To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] piano methods
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>This is a curmudgeon talking. I would say, yes, tings were wonderful thirty 
>years ago.  Not just because copy a:*.* c:\whatever\ /a was so crystal clear 
>and obvious <smile> and always did what it was supposed to (barring user 
>error), but because people had reasonable expectations for computers.  They 
>were still machines, that only people used who understood what they did, and 
>alternatives were tolerated.  Then DOS became more programmers started 
>thinking GUI was cool, and certain Windows programs became easier to use 
>than the DOS GUI's.  There was a long delay getting Windows screen readers 
>for 3.1, and then the delay started again for NT and 95.  I didn't try using 
>MS-Word until 1998, so I don't know what the first version was like.  I 
>could almost suspect it would have been usable, because people's 
>expectations were lower and there were fewer features to get in the way.  In 
>the PC world, I think things were more accessible ten years ago than they 
>are now--again, because there were fewer features and fewer choices given 
>for the way something could be done.  There wasn't as much awareness ten 
>years ago about the importance of accessibility, but now that it's assumed 
>anything can be usable if accessibility guidelines are followed, the screen 
>reader user is expected to jump through more hoops and keep up.  If the 
>program is too confusing to be used efficiently or at all, we users are 
>chastised for not having enough training.  People don't have enough 
>training, but I see things getting more complicated and less accommodating.
>David
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