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I am blind, have never tried Edbrowse, but it sounds utterly tedious. A Mainstream browser is the only option if you actually want to get things done. I use F
by RobMurray 6y ago
I am blind, have never tried Edbrowse, but it sounds utterly tedious. A Mainstream browser is the only option if you actually want to get things done. I use Firefox with the NVDA screen reader. It is often repeated that command line programs are naturally more accessible to blind people, but it simply isn't true in many cases. Most blind people I know prefer accessible GUIs to command line programs. Think of something as simple as ls - you have to read the file names with the screen reader's review commands, then if you don't know the exact spelling of the file you want you have to get the screen reader to spell it one letter at a time. You then have to type the command plus file name, and the only thing that helps is tab completion. In a GUI, you read the list of files with the arrow keys, stop on the one you want and press enter to open it or ctrl+c to copy or what ever. It is far less keystrokes to perform the same task.
- frank2 6y agoYou write, "You then have to type the command plus file name, and the only thing that helps is tab completion." I can see your point because for many years I used cd, ls, mv, etc, to do all my file management and all of my browsing around my local file system. When I switched to software (Emacs's Dired subsystem) that let me specify the file to be acted upon without my needing to type the name of the file, it was a distinct improvement. (I usually use the page-up and page-down keys to find the page containing the file name I want, then use the mouse to specify the file.) Thanks for your reply.