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- Their management of tickets (it's very strange), the first phase should be directed to the merchant and can be noticed that a lot of benefit of the individual lots are not traders, some traders...
- Jeremy, Thank you for your response. Maybe I'm just very unlucky but I've tried weekdays and weekends right around the clock and every time the place has been dead. Last time there were...
- I've yet to have a look at Singapore. In actual life the most I've been there was been Changi Airport, but it looks potentially interesting.
- @Laura and @skribe, I'm sorry that's been your experience in Twinity so far. Our community is smaller, but growing, and admittedly, we haven't done much that would work on Australia...
- I concur. I visited again recently and the only thing that had changed since my video review is that there were even fewer people around than there was in December.
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There’s all sorts of talk about accessibility, particularly around making computers, the Internet, and online services like Second Life accessible to those who are differently abled. From the chaps in Japan, with their innovative solutions that allow folks with very minimal ph
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9 months ago
But don't think that serving the needs of disabled users is something you should only bother with to appear "sensitive" and "caring", or that disabled users are somehow second rate and won't offer any value as users! Many of the most brilliant, passionate people I have met in Second Life live with some sort of disability in real life. For most of them, I didn't even know at first that were disabled -- I just knew that they were interesting people who were a joy to chat and interact with.
My own life is considerably richer for having met them. How many other wonderful people are out there, but unable to use the software because of some condition or another? How much richer would their lives be, and mine, and yours, if they weren't held back by thoughtless, inaccessible software design?