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I knew M$ loves copying the Mac OS, but this one really got to me
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I was working at an XP terminal yesterday and on a subconscious whim I pressed the shift key five times. Behold, I heard an unfamiliar sound and saw a dialog box asking me if I wished to enable Sticky Keys! Sticky Keys. Not only did Windows' coders find it necessary to copy the functionality, they had to rip off the service's name, the way it is enabled, and even the type of alert sound used when it is enabled. I then perused Windows' accessibility control panel and noticed that they had to rip off Mouse Keys - calling it the same name. I really shouldn't be surprised by the degree to which M$ has found it necessary to ape the Mac so closely, feature for feature. I thankfully use Windows infrequently, so it's possible this has been around for quite awhile. I don't remember seeing it in 95, however. Anyone else incensed by this finding?
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Now, is this supposed to be a big surprise?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: College in the Land of Oz
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When we're talking about accessibility features, I think it's best if they're activated via the same method and referred to by the same name.
But maybe that's just me.
*shrug*
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
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these things used to drive me crazy when i would play games and hit shift repeatedly. middle of a match and bam "WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENABLE STICKY KEYS!!" that was until i figured out how to disable it. oh and back on topic don't be suprised when longhorn has a dock..
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http://www.mafia-designs.com
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Sticky keys are where you can just press a modifier key instead of holding it down. Good for people with hand disability's.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Both Apple and Microsoft are in compliance of guide lines set out by some orginization for access for disabled ppl, something some one else pointed out a couple years ago when it was first noticed.
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Blandine Bureau 1940 - 2011
Missed 2012 by 3 days, RIP Grandma :-(
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Feb 2003
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when i was watching that microsoft ces video. the media center pcs had a spinning wait animation that looks surprisingly like the spinning line animation on mac os.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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This was defined by CUA (Common User Access), started by IBM in the late '70s, and polished throughout the '80s. There are addenums every couple of years, but it's been pretty stable since about '94. The names for all accessability enhancements for the disabled are set so no matter which OS you use, you can search for the same names and (theoretically) get viable hits in the help systems (these days more often than not).
Mac users are just used to all software actually following it, windows software was hit or miss until Win98SE "broke" a few workarounds most non-compliant software used.
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