[NFBCS] Accessibility for programmers

[Kevin]

Programming is mostly accessible with today's systems.  Sure, Java can 
be a bit of a pain but that can be dealt with.  When we talk about 
something not accessible we are talking about getting down to the A P I 
level which is up to the developer.


On 2/25/2020 10:10 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
> When I was complaining about 3270 accessibility a couple weeks ago, some
> people seemed to say that it was because 3270 emulation is old and not
> used so much anymore.  I see that.  I know I'm a bit of a dinosaur.
> But this morning, I thought I saw an opportunity to start moving out of
> the old legacy system and into another system supported by my group.  I
> asked my boss about the possibilities, and he said that that would be
> fine, except that system has a lot of Citrix-hosted applications, and we
> know making Jaws and Citrix play together is a real pain.
> Citrix is common as dirt.  I think my whole IT department uses it a lot,
> but not me.  I know how to get Jaws to work with it, but it takes quite a
> bit of coordination, and, if that coordination is with outside vendors,
> it's even more complicated.
>
> I think Jack is right.  We of NFBCS should be working on accessibility for
> programmers.  I don't know what that would entail, but I think we need to
> do it, or we'll have more and more problems.  The things we need access to
> are a lot more complicated than Granny getting her email.
> Now, please, tell me I'm all wet, and there are simple solutions to my
> problems.
> Tracy
>
>
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