[games_access] One switch/one button

[D. Michelle Hinn]

Spam filter again -- Barrie's response!

Again, given Gamma 4's mission, one button with the one switch  
guidelines may be the most easy and less confusing language to use.  
Many do not understand what a "switch" is and we definitely don't  
want to make things more difficult! :) That doesn't mean we can't use  
the experience to let others know how to find out about the history  
and what "one switch" means to the disabled but I think "one button"  
is the way to start that conversation rather than scare away people  
with language.

Just my thoughts. :)

Michelle

> From: Barrie Ellis <oneswitch at googlemail.com>
> Date: December 9, 2009 9:17:33 AM CST
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"  
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] one button -  one switch game ?
> Reply-To: "Barrie Ellis" <barrie.ellis at oneswitch.org.uk>
>
>
> I personally use one-switch because of the tie up with  
> accessibility switches, of which there are many more types than  
> just a push-button. From the field of educational accessibility  
> software, one-switch / two-switch accessibility is a standard term  
> that has been used long-before I knew anything about it. That's why  
> I like to use it in reference to one-button games.
>
> Barrie
>
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> From: "Thomas Westin" <thomas at pininteractive.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:54 PM
> To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List"  
> <games_access at igda.org>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] one button -  one switch game ?
>
>> I don't think so, I prefer one button since the word is a bit  
>> easier to understand than switch
>> /Thomas
>>
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Sandra Uhling wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is there a difference between "one button" and "one switch" game?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Sandra
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