Actually, I always found it too strange that this option was called
"gestures", simply because, for me, it means what it would mean out
of the computer/programming world.
That is, a gesture is a gesture, isn't it? So I'm thinking, well
here we should have the touch commands, why are the keyboard ones
here as well?
And I'm into geeky stuff, sometimes dare myself programming some
small things. I hope I'm not the only one geek with this
understanding of things!
Em 17/02/2019 06:37, Brian's Mail list
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I think the
issue though is when you see the word Gesture, you may not
understand it as anything but a physical motion, ie making a rude
sign or whatever, Its not universally known by this name for
interaction with anything but touch sscreens based on my
unscientific study of half a dozen blind computer users!
A headinglike keyboard, mouse and touch gestures for NVDA might
explain it better.
Brian
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Westerland"
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Subject: Re: [nvda] CLARITY OF TERMINOLOGY AND DOCUMENTATION
Another way around the issue might be to define what the word
means in
context so "gesture" could be used within the contextual
definition.
Just a thought.
Ian Westerland
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Yes we need a whole new word or phrase.
How about user input schemes or something like that?
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bartholomew"
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Subject: [nvda] CLARITY OF TERMINOLOGY AND DOCUMENTATION
Hi,
The underlying explanation of what input gestures are is
excellent and
understandable; however, for me, the issue isn't semantics per
se but if the
top-level description isn't immediately obvious to the
end-user, it has
failed in some way. In this case, the word gesture implies
touch screens
and, so, discouraged me from finding the time to delve into an
area which I
thought wasn't relevant to me. A personal failing I admit but
we all have
demands upon our time so if we can weed out what we think are
unnecessary
diversions, it's often the pragmatic way to go!
I accept that this whole area is a minefield as you can please
some of the
people, some of the time, etc, etc, etc!
Good luck!
Richard Bartholomew
