Re: Negativ Layout in Gnome 3

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 05:05 -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi Olav.
> 
> On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 09:54 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > Hello Joanie,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 01:56:10AM -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > > GNOME Shell Magnifier should be able to provide this capability (and do
> > > so even at a magnification level of 1x for those who need inverse
> > > brightness/color without magnification). Getting this functionality
> > > fully integrated into the GNOME 3 environment is something that still
> > > needs to be done.
> > 
> > Do you know if someone is working on this and timeframe? Would we have
> > it by GNOME 3.2?
> 
> Well, back before it was determined [1] that Accessibility would not be
> a 3.2 "feature" after all, my answer would have been "most certainly."
> Now I'm less sure.
> 
> Whist the original page [2] was removed, the GNOME Accessibility Team
> planning page [3] remains. On our "Must Haves" page [4] under "GNOME
> Shell Magnifier" (2nd item) you will see "Inverse video, brightness, and
> contrast enhancements" along with links to three bugs [5][6][7]. Taking
> a quick glance at those bugs it appears that they all have patches
> submitted a couple of months ago waiting for review. You now know as
> much as I know. ;-)

What's the story with respect to inverse/contrast done by the
magnifier, and the high-contrast (-inverse) themes? Our help
is task-focused, so its starts with things like "Increase the
visual contrast". I'd like to make sure we're directing users
to the right technologies.

Thanks,
Shaun