Re: An Open Letter to Oracle on the Topic Of Accessibility

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

On 02/21/2010 11:18 PM, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> >      
> Second, I think it's a very gloomy, pessimistic and vague view. What
> Since I was apparently wrong about Apple, there doesn't appear to be any good examples of success.  That's sad.
>
>    
Sad, not necessarily. At least accessibility is being viewed more as a 
right than as some privilege handed out by expensive AT vendors. No one 
is perfect, but at least companies like Apple are trying to improve.
>    
> > Thanks.  Looks like you are having much greater success with Gnome.
> > I haven't tried to solve the latest problems yet because I'm just frustrated at having to do this again.
> > When they broke gnome-terminal badly with the 2.28 release, I basically gave up on Gnome.  I know that bug should be
> > fixed by now, so I'll probably go back to using it eventually.
> >      

Interesting, gnome-terminal has always worked fine for me. I do get 
occasional odd breakage, but usually only on the level of annoyance, and 
likely due to me using edge versions of certain apps and libraries. I 
wonder if it may be a distribution issue? I know that how some distros 
integrate Orca and other accessibility components can make for a much 
less accessible experience.