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Old 08-07-2012, 04:32 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It's also very touchscreen friendly, which not even its biggest fans could say of the "Start" menu. And, like them or loath them, touchscreens are where the future lies.
I have several friends who use screen readers and keyboards because of visual disabilities. I have many more friends who can't use touchscreens because of other disabilities--shaking fingers and similar problems.

I doubt any company that wants to retain its market share is going to entirely shut out users with disabilities--if only because it would mean that government-funded businesses (in the US) wouldn't be able to use those computers. Accessibility is a requirement for schools and gov't offices; they couldn't go to an all-touchscreen environment, no matter how much money they had to put into an overhaul of their offices.
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