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  1. In 2024, GMail discontinued their Basic HTML layout. Why? I have no idea. They were probably using the same lack of logic that Youtube used in 2017, when they shut down their mobile site, and that Facebook used in 2024, when they shut down their Basic Mobile site. After all, why keep something that's easy, uncluttered, and that actually works, both with and without screen readers? I absolutely hated GMail's Standard site, and switched to Thunderbird 102 (I still prefer that version) because of it, though I hadn't used an e-mail client since 2006. After being forced to use their main site to fix something the other day, I began looking for another e-mail provider with a basic/plain html version. I found it in Yahoo Mail! I had actually signed up for an account with them in 2023 but never really used it. Tonight, I reactivated my account and tried it. It's wonderful! Note: Basic Yahoo Mail is not the same as Old Yahoo. I had to switch to Old and then go to Basic from there. However, you may be able to access it by going here.

    mail.yahoo.com/b/

    PS. I know that some other blind people use regular GMail, but quite honestly, I don't care. I shouldn't have to learn a whole new set of commands just to access my e-mail and have to deal with a million features that I don't need. One of my mottos is don't fix what's not broken. Oh, and to my Windows XP and 7 friends, Basic Yahoo Mail works there, too.

    #accessibility #BasicHTML #blind #e-mail #GMail #NVDA #ScreenReaders #technology #Windows7 #WindowsXP #Yahoo

  2. Speed test pits six generations of #Microsoft #Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in unscientific comparison
    Six Lenovo ThinkPad X220 laptops were used in the test, featuring a Core i5-2520M CPU and 8GB of RAM, with a 256GB hard drive — running the latest versions of #WindowsXP, #WindowsVista, #Windows7, #Windows8.1, #Windows10, and #Windows11.
    tomshardware.com/software/wind

    unscientific but still interesting to see bloat!

  3. I am considering learning to program, not as a career but for myself. I have been wanting to do this for a long time but never really started. One thing I do know is that I like procedural languages as opposed to object-oriented ones. I am strongly considering QuickBASIC 4.5 or 7.1, and Turbo Pascal 6.0, but I don't know which to choose as a beginner. I know there are flavours of these that can work with Windows XP and 7, and maybe, one day, I will try them in their 32-bit varients. But for now, I am focusing on the DOS ones,since they are probably easier to learn and use. Is there anything I should know as a totally blind programmer? If I did choose to switch to a Windows varient of one of these languages, how difficult would the transition be?

    If it helps, these are the sorts of programs I use in Windows.

    Notepad Classic, Jarte (can simply use Edit or Wordperfect 5.1, or MS Word 5.5, but simple editor may be good for project)

    MPCHC (mp3 player, I don't mind a simpler one)

    Virtual Recorder (simple mp3 recorder/may be difficult in DOS)

    Thunderbird 102 (most likely too advanced for a beginner)

    TweeseCake, TWBlue (for Mastodon/there is already a DOStodon, but don't know if it's accessible)

    Reddit for Blind, Luna for Reddit

    Cook Timer (simple timers exist, but this may be good to create as a beginner project)

    Openbook, Kurzweil 1000 (ocr and pdf converter, too advanced for beginner)

    various audio and text-based games

    #16-bit #32-bit #accessibility #BASIC #blind #DOS #programming #QuickBASIC #TurboPascal #Windows7 #WindowsXP

  4. *Please only add me if you're over twenty-one.
    Since the Bio field has such a short character limit, consider this to be my profile/biography.
    I don't write about American politics, race, anticapitalism, world affairs (wars, poverty, oppression, etc.), loneliness, bad self-esteem, or anxiety/depression, and will not add those who do so often. The same is true of those who feel it necessary to use obscenities. I am not a modern programmer or gamer, I do not use Linux, and I don't care what social network you use.*

    Hello. For the sake of honesty, Georgiana Brummell is not my legal name, but it is what I use. I live in New Jersey and am forty-two years old. Some of my interests include studying dandyism, nineteenth-century English grammar, Upper Received Pronunciation, the Italian language, British history, the Regency, opera, and MS-DOS. I like coffee, tea, wine, cooking, reading, watching nature and historical documentaries, gardening, hot weather, and playing cards and dice. I love opera, particularly singers from the 1940-s and earlier, classical music, from Baroque through early Romantic, and popular music from the 1950's through the 1970's, along with some acoustic recordings. I prefer antique menswear and accessories. I love wit, wordplay, and dry humour without vulgarity. I am happily childfree, am not religious, speak my mind and am against political correctness. I also love cats. I have been totally blind since I was two months old, due to Retinopathy of Prematurity.

    This is my journal. Anyone can read or comment, whether or not he is a member.

    dandylover1.dreamwidth.org

    This is my dating post on Mastodon, which is shorter than the one on Dreamwidth. It's somewhat similar to this one, but it contains an explanation of what I am seeking in a partner. If you are or know a genuine dandy, or at least, an intelligent, single, childfree man over sixty, please read the link below and/or pass it on to him.

    someplace.social/@dandylover1/

    If you're on MSN via Escargot I am [email protected].

    I am also the administrator of the Old Opera, and Blind and Fine, subreddits.

    Interests

    #accessibility #AgeGapRelationships #animals #atheism #BeauBrummell #baking #BelCanto #birds #BoardGames #books #BritishHistory #BritishLiterature #cards #cats #ChamberMusic #childfree #ClassicalMusic #coffee #cooking #crafts #dandies #dandyism #dating #documentaries #Dreamwidth #England #food #friends #friendship #gardening #grammar #history #humor #humour #introduction #Italian #MSDOS #nature #NewJersey #NoPolitics #NJ #NVDA #OldMen #OldTimeRadio #opera #operetta #paranormal #parapsychology #plants #QuickBasic #reading #ReceivedPronunciation #Reddit #Regency #RoyalFamily #seniors #SilverFork #singing #singles #suits #tea #theater #theatre #TWBlue #TweeseCake #UpperClass #Windows7 #WindowsXP #wine #AmWriting

  5. Nergahak Font Pack 1.04
    This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto, Open Sans and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

    mediafire.com/file/5ri5dz1412e

    My intention is simply to provide more modern fonts for older versions of Windows. Ideal for those who enjoy retrocomputing running Windows on a VM.

    ⚠️ Installer only tested in Windows 2000 and XP.

    #Win2000 #WinXP #WinVista #Windows2000 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Retrocomputing #FontPack #NergaShare

  6. Herrlich. Ich hab ein top aktuelles Buch gefunden. Dort wird der neuartige Brenner vorgestellt :D
    Surfen mit dem Internet Explorer. 😂 ich fass es nicht 😂

    …Und noch Komfortabler geht es mit einem sogenannten Headset … 😂😂😂 das waren noch Zeiten!
    #WindowsXP #conputerbild #Word2003 #InternetExplorer #outlookEXPRESS6 😂 #it #computer #windows #linux #old #rustic #rustikal #scharm #oldbutgold #oldbutgood

  7. Nergahak Font Pack
    This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

    mediafire.com/file/cumqlj2a6cx

    ⚠️ Installer updated and tested only in Windows 2000 and XP.

    #Win2000 #WinXP #WinVista #Win7 #Win8 #Win81 #Windows2000 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Windows7 #Windows8 #Windows81

  8. Nergahak Font Pack
    This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

    mediafire.com/file/cumqlj2a6cx

    ⚠️ Installer updated and tested only in Windows 2000 and XP.

    #Win2000 #WinXP #WinVista #Win7 #Win8 #Win81 #Windows2000 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Windows7 #Windows8 #Windows81

  9. Nergahak Font Pack
    This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

    mediafire.com/file/cumqlj2a6cx

    ⚠️ Installer updated and tested only in Windows 2000 and XP.

    #Win2000 #WinXP #WinVista #Win7 #Win8 #Win81 #Windows2000 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Windows7 #Windows8 #Windows81

  10. Nergahak Font Pack
    This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

    mediafire.com/file/cumqlj2a6cx

    ⚠️ Installer updated and tested only in Windows 2000 and XP.

    #Win2000 #WinXP #WinVista #Win7 #Win8 #Win81 #Windows2000 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Windows7 #Windows8 #Windows81

  11. Nergahak Font Pack
    This package containing all Windows 11 fonts and some extras like Fira, Noto and IBM Plex for Windows 2000 and later.

    mediafire.com/file/cumqlj2a6cx

    ⚠️ Installer updated and tested only in Windows 2000 and XP.

    #Win2000 #WinXP #WinVista #Win7 #Win8 #Win81 #Windows2000 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #Windows7 #Windows8 #Windows81

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    Rainbow tables for LM #hashes are provided for f#ree by the #developers By default, Ophcrack is #BundledDonations with tables that allow it to crack passwords no longer than 14 characters using only alphanumeric characters. Available for free download are four #WindowsXP tables and four #WindowsVista tables.

  13. @thatguyoverthere I have. That was quite awhile ago though, and not with the VSTs I know about now. Would that be better than #Cakewalk?

    I remember about a decade ago I tried #LMMS on #WindowsXP I think, but the built-in VSTs SUCKED and I had limited internet access so I couldn’t easily install and test other VSTs.

  14. with the of and some we were able to upscale this old photograph from the wallpaper collection Azure in 4k

  15. Release Candidates (RCs) were post-beta development builds of Windows. As their name suggests, devs were confident in the stability of these “candidates for release”. During testing, any last-minute issues would be fixed, leading to the final Release To Manufacturing (RTM) build. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #Windows3 #WindowsXP #WindowsVista #WindowsServer2012