Re: accessebility suggestion for Ubuntu 6.06 LiveCD

[Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik ubuntu com>]

Bill Haneman wrote:
> In the beginning we tried to give guidance, but I got the distinct
> impression that it was going to /dev/null.    This is why I am
> frustrated - lots of behind-the-scenes vague griping, without GOK bugs
> and seemingly without a willingness to engage cooperatively to improve
> the existing Gnome onscreen keyboard suite, 
There have been GOK bugs filed. I filed several when I wrote this: 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Reviews/GOK . Call that griping if 
you like, but I call it constructive criticism. It's certainly a 
'willingness to engage cooperatively to improve the existing Gnome 
onscreen keyboard suite'. Read the article and the linked bug reports 
and I think you will agree.


> which was designed by
> experts in the field of adaptive technologies.
>   
Referring to formal credentials is a poor way to conduct a debate. Being 
designed by experts does not automatically make it good. Widespread 
testing by real-life users is a more reliable path to success IMO. But 
for that to work the product must be usable (if not quite feature 
complete) and the developers must be responsive to feedback. We have a 
fair amount of input from real-life users of on-screen keyboards and I 
value that more than the view of experts.
> I would very much like to work cooperatively with you and with the rest
> of the Ubuntu team, but in the context of improving our existing OSKs.
>   
And I would like to cooperate with you in making a new and better one 
(and I tried it your way first). Neither look likely to happen now.

- Henrik