Re: GOK 0.7.0 now available

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

That's great Bill!  I am pleased to hear it will be included.

cheers,

David
Bill Haneman wrote:

> Hi Simon/David:
>
> Thanks for this, it's great!
>
> I uploaded this tarball to ftp.gnome.org's tarball archive so that it
> can be included in the 2.3.0.1 (unstable) release.
>
> If you don't want it included in the release, please email Jeff Waugh
> about it: jdub perkypants org; I know Jeff and some others were keen on
> getting GOK into the 2.3 developer snapshot series.
>
> thanks
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 22:35, Simon Bates wrote:
>  
>
> > The GOK team is very pleased to announce the availability of GOK 0.7.0
> >
> > Please note that this is an unstable release and that GOK may crash or
> > behave unexpectedly.  With this in mind we would like to thank you very
> > much for your interest in GOK and hope very much that you find it
> > useful.
> >
> > Getting GOK
> > ===========
> >
> > GOK 0.7.0 is now available for download from:
> >
> > http://gok.ca/gok-0.7.0.tar.gz
> >
> > You can find more information about GOK such as documentation and slides
> > from presentations that we have given on the GOK website at:
> >
> > http://www.gok.ca
> >
> > Overview
> > ========
> >
> > The GNOME On-screen Keyboard (GOK) is a dynamic on-screen keyboard for
> > UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems.  It features Direct Selection,
> > Dwell Selection, Automatic Scanning and Inverse Scanning access methods
> > and includes word completion.
> >
> > GOK includes an alphanumeric keyboard and a keyboard for launching
> > applications.  Keyboards are specified in XML enabling existing
> > keyboards to be modified and new keyboards to be created.  The access
> > methods are also specified in XML providing the ability to modify
> > existing access methods and create new ones.
> >
> > GOK is not limited to presenting keyboards that have been designed by
> > hand and is able to dynamically create keyboards so that it can adapt to
> > the user's current situation.  GOK is able to redisplay components of
> > the user interfaces of running applications directly within GOK as
> > keyboards.  This provides efficient access to elements of the user
> > interface, removing the need to navigate the interface indirectly though
> > keyboard accelerators.  GOK supports the redisplay of application menus
> > and toolbars.  GOK contains a window activator keyboard that lists the
> > current windows on the desktop and provides the ability to switch
> > between them.
> >
> > Users have the option of setting key width, height, and spacing as well
> > as visual and auditory feedback on highlighting and selection.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > The GOK Team.
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