Re: [orca-list] Your comments on bug 735671 - Automatically start screen reader if the user is idle for a while (in gnome initial-setup)

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

My last comment on this:
What percentage of windows users uses windows8?
I'm certainly in favor of making migration easier, but making migration a bit easier for an undetermined, but 
arguably not 
that huge group of potential users should not always take precidence over making a consistent experience for 
current 
users. 
The Person going to anything know is expecting to have to learn something new, and yes, the user of any 
software does 
expect some change, but the change should at least balance the needs of existing users ovewr trying to win 
new converts. 
Do you people who support this think that this will actually be the difference with some's decission to stick 
with Linux 
or not? 
Starting out like this if any thing will lead to unrealistic expectations that evwerything will work just 
like it did on 
windows. 
While some will want that, which is impossible even if desired, many are dissatisfied with windows, and may 
not put such 
great stock in keeping all their old habbits unchanged. 
> From my personal experience I did not come to Linux because I hated windows, had had repeated virus 
> nightmares, or even 
because I'm completely anti proprietary software. I still did not expect, or necesarily want every thiing 
that possibly 
could to work the same in Linux as it did on that other OS. I'm also not opposed at all to adopting a windows 
keybinding, 
or screenreader behavior if it is more logical, or in any way notably superior to what we've been doing in 
Pinguin land, 
but to move towards something that has no obvious connection to speech just because a certain percentage of 
people who use 
one flavour of Windows have learned this makes no sense to me. 
I apologize for multiple posts on the same subject, but I just want to make sure my thoughts are presented in 
a reasonably 
clear manner. I have changed an opinion, at least partially because of people clarifying and amplifying 
arguments on this 
list recently. 
I can certainly customize any shortcut that is not hard coded for my own use, but do not look forward to 
having to explain 
yet another keybinding change, from something logical to something illogical to appeal to a minority of 
potential OS 
migraters. 
The argument is much better for changing to control alt o or something like that as this mimics what the I 
believe more 
widely used Windows screenreaders do, use this mod combo with the initial of the screen reader. 
Ofr does windows eyes use s like Orca? I can not remember. 
Thank you for reading, and thinking.
--
B.H.\


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:00:06AM 
-0300, Fernando Botelho wrote:
> Regarding the possible adoption of the same keyboard shortcut used on
> Windows:
>
> I am in favor of anything that makes the migration from inferior operating
> systems to Linux easier.
>
> In a perfect world we should include super alt S as well as the Windows
> shortcut so that everyone can use what they want; assuming either of the two
> shortcuts can later be reasigned by the user.
>
> If the above is not possible, I vote for the adoption of the windows key
> combination.
>
> Fernando
>
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