RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gok

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Peter Korn [mailto:peter korn sun com]  
> > > From: Jeff Waugh [mailto:jdub perkypants org]
> The core rules/guidelines that inform Sun's interpretation of 
> what to do in
> this particular situation are: Section 508 guideline 1194.21(g) - see
> <http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.21.htm#(g)> - 
> which states
> that "Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color
> selections and other individual display attributes"; and 
> 1194.21(j) - see
> <http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.21.htm#(j)> - 
> which states
> that "When a product permits a user to adjust color and 
> contrast settings, a
> variety of color selections capable of producing a range of 
> contrast levels
> shall be provided".
> 
> Taking these two things together and applying them to GOK or any other
> application, we believe that there must be a persisting setting in the
> application that makes it respect the desktop theme, but that 
> that setting
> need not be the default.  This is the case in GOK.

Maybe I misunderstand, but I can't believe it would be OK for every GNOME
module to have a non-standard UI as long as they each had a "be normal"
preference. Persumably there is a good reason that gok does not use the GTK+
theme by default?

Murray Cumming
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