More coal on the fire

Hi,

Yeah, good to see you here! And good to see you're also running Linux.

----- Original Message -----
From: "technomage" <technomage-hawke@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: More coal on the fire


> Darrell,
> you are not the only visualy impaired user on the list (meet me, I'm mage,
> aka proudhawk, hawke and of course; Erc Oyen, n7zzt).
>
> I don't bother with most of the gui applications for editing. all my
editing
> takes place in vi or pico or vim or even mcedit. its a lot easier to deal
> with the keyboard than a mouse anyday.
>
> as for openoffice, well, it does have its points, but you are right, it
needs
> improvement.
>
> Technomage
>
>
> On Monday 16 September 2002 07:55 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi Fred,
> >
> > Unfortunately, I am not quite convinced with respect to Open Office.
Some
> > of my colleagues have sent me Open Office documents which have been
> > converted to Microsoft Word format, and they have lacked some structural
> > elements which they would have contained if they had been created using
> > Microsoft Word. I am a blind person, and document accessibility to
screen
> > readers is paramount. At this time, when it comes to accessibility, MS
has
> > it all over Sun. Currently, even the Windows version of Open Office
isn't
> > accessible to screen readers.
> >

> >    Thanks.

> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Fred Wright
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:30 PM
> > Subject: More coal on the fire
> >
> >
> > The following is From the Lockergnome Tech Specialist Newsletter.
This
> > is another action on MS's part that might give folks impetus to move at
> > least to OpenOffice - -
> >
> > Word Security Flaw Poses Threat - MS Responds
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/secword.asp
> >
> > A new Microsoft Word flaw has surfaced that could result in documents
> > being exposed to prying eyeballs. I think Microsoft did a good job with
> > explaining the basics of how the bug works and how best to protect
against
> > its effects. It's clear from the text, however, that Office 97 users,
which
> > comprise a significant 30% of the Office user base, will be left out in
the
> > cold when it comes to a fix. They note that Office 97 was created in
> > another era (as if it's been decades since the release) and security
> > architecture has been improved greatly since then. Call me silly, but
> > offering up a helpful nudge into Office XP as a "fix" for a bug that
works
> > the same way in all affected versions seems rather patronizing to the
30%
> > of their patronage.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fred Wright
> > fawright@earthlink.net
>
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> numbered!
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