Microsoft bundles StickyKeys with Windows 95. Simultaneous latching and locking of the modifier keys is necessary to use keyboard shortcuts to full advantage. Windows 95 s mouse emulation software, MouseKeys , gives the user control over the pointer via sixteen keys on the numeric keypad. Greater precision is achievable by using MouseKeys in conjunction with StickyKeys . Windows is arguably the most mouse-intensive computer environment ever devised.
Functionality is highly concentrated in the pointing device.
Toolbars, which are not easy to access by keyboard, are now ubiquitous. Although keyboard equivalents for mouse functions exist, the question remains as to whether they are useable in practice. Three expanded keyboard systems were evaluated to determine their compatibility with Windows 95 s accessibility options. Not all software developers provide good keyboard interfaces. I conducted this research while providing accommodation services to an adult with cerebral palsy.