[Mailman-Developers] Fwd: Re: Hi! I'll be your intern for the summer :)

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Thu Jun 22 07:50:06 CEST 2006


>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:50:57 -0500
>To: emf <i at mindlace.net>
>From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mailman-Developers] Hi! I'll be your intern for the summer :)
>
>>Ethan Freeman Said:
>>Thanks for all the references. If you know of a way that I can actually 
>>test JAWS or another screen reader, I would be grateful for the pointer.
>>
>>~ethan fremen
>
>Hi:
>
>I am a blind guy who runs a bunch of lists who is hanging out here, just for this.  I will be happy to help you test your pages.  Also, you can download demo versions of JAWS http://www.freedomscientific.com and Window-Eyes http://www.gwmicro.com
>
>However, unless you are an experienced user, there can be dangers in sighted guys doing this kind oftesting.  I spent half an hour on the phone one day trying to explain to a developer how you entered data into a web form, and why it was different than from him and his mouse.  Some of the cues are pretty subtle, and unless you are used to them you might not realize they aren't there if things are kind of sort of working.
>
>Dave



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