Re: Ang. Re: [GOK] Why ui grabbing in direct selection mode of gok?

["Steve Lee" <steve fullmeasure co uk>]

2008/10/21 Mats Lundälv <mats lundalv vgregion se>:
> Perhaps it is
> no significant problem to have at-spi available/activated then also, but
> then why isn't it by default? Security issue I suppose?

It's historical, when it was introduced the larger GNOME community
were concerned that it would hit performance and introduced bugs to
the desktop. This was made worse by the dependence on Bonobo, which is
is being phased out. However AT-SPI (and a11y) have now gained such
acceptance that I think the time is ripe to make it on by default and
optionally turned off. The AT-SPI on D-Bus work makes this much more
acceptable, as does the increased use of UI testing via AT-SPI, where
it is critical to be testing the 'live' system not something with an
option that is off for most users.

Steve

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Steve Lee
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