Locked Re: Poll: I think ducking should go; and other NVDA features proposal and wider discussion
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Gene
First, as to the size of add-ons, my impression is
that they are generally small and that you can incorporate many, perhaps a large
number, without making the program larger enough to matter to any extent.
Those who work with add-ons technically will, I hope, discuss the
matter.
I have a few add-ons in case I want to use or
reinstall them at some point. I just checked one. It's only 5.90 KB
for its download size. Another is 2.76 KB as the download
size.
Some may be much larger than others and the two I
looked at may not be representative but large size can't be assumed to be a
problem.
It isn't just a matter of size. Even if the
program is somewhat larger, the benefits to a lot of users who, I suspect, would
never know about add-ons, might far outweigh the larger program size in terms of
possible inconvenience.
Size may be of concern if you are going to add
add-ons with no limit over time but I doubt we are near that point
now.
Gene ----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Canazzi
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] pole, I think ducking should go and other nvda
features proposal and wider discussion Hi Vlad, I agree with you on the ducting. I don't use it a lot with NVDA because I use a computer and long before ducting, I used 2 separate sound cards and have total control. However, I am using ducting on the iPhone and the way Apple has instituted it works great and is definitely an advantage. For those who can't run 2 separate sound cards, it is truly a godsend. As far as including a huge number of add-ons with NVDA, I also disagree with this one. One of the good things about NVDA is that it is under public license and is subject to a lot of different additions and variations. I would hate to see it become so bulky that is gets like JAWS which has so much bloteware and features that many people don't use that it is at times extremely redundant. People in developing countries probably appreciate the slim and streamline aspects of NVDA. If they need it only for word processing, why should they have to include a bunch of add-ons that would make the download so much larger and perhaps create a situation where there could be conflicts with their desired tasks. ...just my opinion. On 4/28/2019 8:57 AM, Vlad Dragomir wrote:
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