barner@udel.EDU (Ken Barner) (09/29/88)
In article <17834@apple.Apple.COM>, Ed Tecot writes: >In article <10159@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, Peter Merchant writes: >>Apple still does things to make their products usable by the handicapped, not >>because it sees handicapped people as just as vital to the workforce as >>non-handicapped, but because they are a market-niche and that means more >>sales. > >Wrong. I wrote Easy Access because I wanted physically handicapped people to >share in the Macintosh experience. You have no idea just how satisfying this >can be. > > _emt I doubt that Easy Access has done much for Apple's market share. I can tell you first hand that Easy Access makes using a computer much easier for some people, me included. I am disabled and type with a stick in one hand, making "control escape shift #" combinations a real pain in the *ss. I bough my MacII last summer because I liked the system, I'd never even heard of Easy Access (the salesman never mentioned it either). I'm very happy with the Mac and features like Easy Access make it a pleasure to use. I'd rather use the Mac than the Sun workstation in my office (anyone at Sun out there want to remedy this situation). I know Apple bashing popular but I'd like to thank Ed Tecot, so ease up Dick Merchant. Ken Barner