From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Apr 10 18:46:42 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3B0kgjb003744; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:46:42 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3B0kf7c030606 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:46:41 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3AMEWFI018039 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:14:33 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3AMEWVk018038 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:14:32 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3ALiDFI017862 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:44:13 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3B0GBCm028724 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:16:11 -0600 X-Envelope-From: pzo003d02@sneakemail.com Mon Apr 10 18:16:11 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3B0GBjb028715 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:16:11 -0600 Received: from monkey.sneakemail.com (sneakemail.com [38.113.6.61]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k3B0G9I7019518 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:16:10 -0600 Received: (qmail 16895 invoked by uid 501); 11 Apr 2006 00:16:00 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 12199-09883 #1); 11 Apr 2006 00:15:59 -0000 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:15:55 -0700 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: "Bob" In-Reply-To: <200604102239.k3AMduYl029166@lists5.rootsweb.com> References: <200604102239.k3AMduYl029166@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <12199-09883@sneakemail.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: LOOK-UP PLEASE ** Reply to message from John Berryman on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:39:56 -0600 > I've taught people who are legally blind to use computers. Using all > capital letters is common among the blind, elderly, those with vision > problems, and it's "not intended to be rude". People with vision > problems also tend to send the same messages as the lack the confidence > that those of us with good vision have. Please consider how you would > like to be treated if you had a disability before you chastise others. Your experience is much different than mine. My wife has a blind aunt and uncle and they do not use all uppercase or all lowercase for that matter. I worked for a blind person and he always used mixed case when he wrote anything. It is not difficult. > The goal here should be to help each other when we can. We all have > flaws and make mistakes, myself included. Someday God willing all of us > will be old and perhaps our vision will not be as good as it is today. Typing in mixed case is very easy with computers and can be done with a single finger. So if you want someone to read your message it is best to use mixed case as it is difficult to read single case (either all uppercase or all lower case) messages. > Being considerate shows class! It works both ways. If you want some consideration you need to show some consideration. Personally I bypass messages in single case because it takes longer to read than a mixed case message. Call me inconsiderate if you want but I have many other things vying for my time which is not unlimited. -- Robert Blair