For some reasons, the makers of utility software, like system cleanup, anti-virus, anti-spyware, file recovery, registry management, and other basic utility software, seem to think they've gotta have eye candy in such programs so sighted users will use or buy their product, and that's just stupid. W

I also happen to know that it requires very little programming effort to make software with an accessible user interface. For some reasons, the makers of utility software, like system cleanup, anti-virus, anti-spyware, file recovery, registry management, and other basic utility software, seem to thi

You could use some sort of hotkey, or a button, or both, or even add a graphic or piece of text that isn't accessible, but nevertheless works. So when a software company creates a user interface for their software, and it's not accessible to persons who require screen reading software to use it, tha

As a general rule, the user interface of any software isn't fixed to the functions or features of the software. In other words, if you have a feature or function in a software, there are a variety of ways you can allow the user of the software to access that feature or function. You're not, for exam

This isn't good. As a programmer of over 25 years, I happen to know it wasn't necessary for AVG to alter the user interface this radically, just to add some new features. As a general rule, the user interface of any software isn't fixed to the functions or features of the software. In other words, i

At first glance, the program looks substantially the same as previous versions. Tell it to scan your system, and it finds spyware and other malware, and then deletes it or quarantines it for you.But even though it looks and works largely the same, under the hood there are a substantial number of cha

The newest version of Ad-Aware Free improves on an already solid product, notably by expanding its protection. At first glance, the program looks substantially the same as previous versions. Tell it to scan your system, and it finds spyware and other malware, and then deletes it or quarantines it fo

In addition, Ad-Aware Free promises to protect you against malware that tries to restore itself after a system reboot. And it now integrates with Internet Explorer to scan files as you download, alerting you to any malicious files you may send to your system.The newest version of Ad-Aware Free impro

If the program's heuristics work as well as do the heuristics in other anti-malware software, it should provide better protection against emerging and unknown threats, as well as threats that are already known. In addition, Ad-Aware Free promises to protect you against malware that tries to restore

Ad-Aware also includes several types of heuristic detection, which protects you by examining complex system behavior, rather than just looking for known malware signatures. If the program's heuristics work as well as do the heuristics in other anti-malware software, it should provide better protecti