Frogleg <
[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:41:46 GMT, Wayne Boatwright <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Frogleg <
[email protected]> wrote
>>>
>>>>> Sharon and Ernest in Florida <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > I DO NOT MEAN TO BE RUDE BUT I AM LEGALLY BLIND AND HAVE TO TYPE IN CAPS TO SEE IT. SO NOT
>>>>> > ALL OF US DO IT TO BE RUDE SOME JUST HAVE TO
>>>
>>> This doesn't seem to make sense. Mixed case text is *easier* to read than all caps. Even WebTV
>>> has an option for large-size font(s).
>>>
>>It may defy your logic, but I know of at least two other newsgroups where several people with low
>>vision post in all caps and have stated that they can clearly (no pun intended) read it better
>>when typing. At least two of the posters have included their reason in their sig. Who are we to
>>judge, that is, until we also have low vision.
>
> That's why I wrote "seem to," Wayne. My vision is poor but correctable, except that not even
> swapping between reading and driving lenses suits all situations. I find reading all caps a great
> deal more difficult than mixed-case. The normal recognition of many words is, for me, *aided* by
> the shape of "I do not mean" rather than deciphering "I DO NOT MEAN" letter by letter.
>
I totally understand, however, it may be entirely different for the OP. My vision is entirely
correctable, but one of the applications I use at work is rather old and runs on UNIX. All caps is
de rigueur. I actually find it easier to read and work with in that situation.
Wayne