Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 24th Aug 2006 16:33 UTC
Massachusetts will begin using OpenDocument as the default document format later this year as planned, but it will be sticking with Microsoft Office in the near term, the state's top tech executive said.
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2005-11-11
//Or are you simply claiming that disabled users NEED a specific GUI?//
No. Rather it is an observation that they need a consistent GUI to that which they are used to.
It takes a huge effort to re-learn a new GUI as a disabled user.
The complaints from the disabled about OpenOffice were not so much that OpenOffice had zero support for disabled access, but rather things like "the shortcuts are not exactly the same as MS Office".
Well, with an entirely new GUI, the same can be said about Office 2007. "It is not exactly the same as current MS Office".
//If you're gonna make claims like that, you'd better be able to support your claims. Go ahead and post the proof that Office 2007 won't support disabled users. //
It is not at all hard to support the claim that: (1) office 2007 has a different GUI to current MS Office, and (2) JAWS supports current versions of MS Office, and (3) right now there is no such thing as "JAWS for Office 2007".
None of those points are in any contention.
Oh, and BTW, even if there WAS such a thing as "JAWS for Office 2007", it would still mean a lot more re-training for a disabled user than a simpler switch to OpenOffice.
Edited 2006-08-25 07:02