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From: Douglas A. Gwyn <gwyn@arl...>
Subject: Remote access
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:18:12 GMT

Lucio De Re wrote:
> drawterm again obviates this drawback quite successfully.

I urge that people keep in mind the fact that some computer users
are blind and *need* a text-oriented user interface instead of a
graphical user interface.  That doesn't mean dragging everyone
down to a common denominator, but it does mean not *unnecessarily*
forcing graphics upon an application.  Quite a few apps can be
designed as two processes: a GUI controller and a text-driven
computational engine.  There are other reasons for preferring
such a design, but it's also a very good compromise between the
needs of the blind and the desired of the sighted.

Thanks for listening.