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		<title>The Utopia Open Source Braille Reader/Display  &#8216;Audrey&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an introduction to the Braille Display Project <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/545/open-source-hardware-braille-display/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Using NVDA For The Blind On Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/392/nvda-open-source-version-of-braille-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not blind, but after reading Graham&#8217;s McCreath&#8217;s The Politics of Blindness I&#8217;ve been trying to be more aware of their problems with viewing data online. For example, I can&#8217;t figure out how a blind person makes sense of Windows &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/392/nvda-open-source-version-of-braille-reader/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are Captchas Case Sensitive?</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/38/stupid-captchas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it so many captchas are case sensitive &#8211; does it really matter if I enter &#8216;E&#8217; or &#8216;e&#8217;? As well, have you noticed how often the letters are uppercase, so not only do you need to fiddle with &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/38/stupid-captchas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The All-Pervasive Dialog</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/13/the-all-pervasive-dialog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dialogs are everywhere- those little popup boxes that give us an inside peek as to what the computer is up to. They&#8217;re often necessary (aren&#8217;t you glad there&#8217;s an &#8216;are you sure&#8217; box when you&#8217;ve accidentally chosen to format your &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/13/the-all-pervasive-dialog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Design Issues &#8211; Working With Files</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/15/design-issues-working-with-files/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 22:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As veteran users of software, we are accustomed to managing our own files. More than likely, you&#8217;ve used Explorer to navigate around your hard drive, and grown accustomed to the file open and save dialogs. However, this reliance on files &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/15/design-issues-working-with-files/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Improving The Customer Experience In Software</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/33/improving-the-customer-experience-in-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I read this title, I realize that this could be the start of a book, not a short article. Ultimately, every bit of software written is for somebody (even just for the programmer who wrote it). So this means &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/33/improving-the-customer-experience-in-software/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shortcuts to Easier Computing</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/34/shortcuts-to-easier-computing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my business I spend a lot of time at my computer. While I don&#8217;t mind it, I certainly don&#8217;t enjoy wasting my time, and keep on the lookout for ways to simplify my work. One method I&#8217;ve used successfully &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/34/shortcuts-to-easier-computing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes No Amount of Design Can Help&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/11/sometimes-no-amount-of-design-can-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/11/sometimes-no-amount-of-design-can-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a Florida flight crashed in December of 1972, the black box was of immense help in determining the cause of the crash. Sadly, it wasn&#8217;t design error or mechanical failure &#8211; it was human error. The recording indicated that &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/11/sometimes-no-amount-of-design-can-help/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Day With My DVD</title>
		<link>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/32/a-day-with-my-dvd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/32/a-day-with-my-dvd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pankhurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advantage of writing a newsletter such as this is that there is no end of stories out there about complicated equipment&#8230; I recently purchased an inexpensive DVD player (which may have been part of the problem). While it&#8217;s been &#8230; <a href="http://www.utopiamechanicus.com/32/a-day-with-my-dvd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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