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I know 'ed' isn't commonly regarded as the peak of accessible interface design, but it occurred to me recently that it was at least designed under the assumptio
by AndrewOMartin 8y ago
I know 'ed' isn't commonly regarded as the peak of accessible interface design, but it occurred to me recently that it was at least designed under the assumption that the user wouldn't be able to see their document, and that retrieving/printing content from the document would be relatively expensive and inconvenient.
I wonder therefore if ed might be a surprisingly accessible editor for users with vision issues, or maybe its a case of users without vision issues simply finding it "no less hellish".
- snazz 8y agoSee Edbrowse[0] for a web browser and text editor designed with ed user interface principals. It’s made by a blind computer user. [0]: http://edbrowse.org http://edbrowse.org
- AndrewOMartin 8y agoLovely response, thx. The philosophy of edbrowse, plus some light computing history, is in a beautiful article linked from that page. http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html http://www.eklhad.net/philosophy.html