Re: detailed review of GOK

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've written up a fairly detailed review of GOK here: 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Reviews/GOK
>
> It is meant partially as an introduction to those who don't know the 
> program, but mainly as a critical look that can hopefully stimulate 
> discussion and further development.

Hi Henrik!

Thanks for that detailed review.  I do agree that many of your problems 
seem to have stemmed from integration/configuration issues, or missing 
understanding of some issues unique to GOK.

I disagree with some of your assessments, as no doubt you would 
anticipate.  I look forward to clarifying some of them.

In a number of cases, there are dependencies which no client program 
attempting to do what GOK is doing can avoid.  StickyKeys is a case in 
point; it is not technically feasible to implement sticky-keys-like 
functionality in the client alone.   Likewise, it is not technically 
possible to make a reliable point-and-click onscreen keyboard using the 
system core pointer, using today's X server and widget toolkits.

Please contact me directly about how I can help with the Wiki.

best regards,

Bill

> - Henrik
>   Ubuntu Accessibility Team
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