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Comment: I've heard this before (Score 4, Insightful) 347

by decipher_saint (#43813921) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: When Is the User Experience Too Good?

I've heard this before and every time it was about letting the software bypass some business rule important to an external process.

Well yeah of course I could let you add a negative Debit for an Asset but your accounting department will come at you with sharpened coffee mug or something.

Well, I guess the other time I hear "this software is too good" usually comes from sales and it makes my skin crawl every time.

Comment: Re:For people who don't know (Score 1) 63

by decipher_saint (#42662383) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Webcam To Augment Impaired Vision?

One of the recommendations I made was enlargement which some libraries are sometimes capable of doing at request or are members of partnerships with institutions/groups that provide materials for the visually impaired. If a book does not yet exist in large print form they can make them (at a cost of materials usually).

I live in Canada, so I was helped through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), I'm sure there must be a regional equivalent where you live, get in contact with them and they should be able to give you more options.

Comment: For people who don't know (Score 4, Informative) 63

by decipher_saint (#42659241) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Webcam To Augment Impaired Vision?

Machines have been around for ages that you can use to read a book on a large screen with different levels of magnification, it has a tray that you can move around easily and it has a small CCD camera hooked up to a TV screen.

When I was in school in the 80s I used a VisualTech CCD magnifier, in fact they're still around: http://www.visual-techconnection.com/cctvs1.htm

However since most of us have computers these days it's hard to justify having such a bulky device around for books.

So what are the options:
1. Get eBooks and zoom in to your hearts content
(problem: not all books are available in eBook form)
2. Get large print copy of the book you want to read
(problem: same as above, enlargement might be impractical or unavailable [your library mileage may vary])
3. Get a stand alone magnifier device for yer book readin'
(compatible with most books and sidesteps copyright issues)

I can see how people think that computer + webcam + tray = book reader, so I'm interested to see if anyone out there in candyland has found a good setup for this.

But yes, this is a thing that visually impaired people have to deal with that so far only seems to have been solved by a handful of companies.

Comment: What IDE are you using? (Score 2) 430

by decipher_saint (#42362805) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference?

I ask because in the last 5 years I've been using various flavours of Eclipse and Visual Studio and both of them come with document formatting features that you can template.

The only thing I ask people if they plan on formatting a document during a change is to do it either before or after their change so I can review the differences more easily in source control revision history.

Oh and to answer the question, yes, I've found if the team can adhere to vaguely common style they can navigate their way through our entire codebase without getting lost in one individual's style preference.

Obviously YMMV in this regard.

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