Re: [g-a-devel] GNOME Launches Campaign for Accessibility

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Bill:

On 12/25/11 12:11 AM, Bill Cox wrote:
> Since you bring it up, let's talk about it.  There has not been a
> single accessibility bug reported by the community that was closed by
> the GTK+ team in two years.  The calender doesn't talk, and neither do
> most images, regardless of the dedication of the original programmer.
> I submit but reports with patches to GTK+, and I am among many who are
> ignored.  Shall we get into specific bug reports still outstanding?
> Shall we compare them to outstanding projects like Orca?

It would be very useful to put together a report of critical
outstanding accessibility bugs.  While there are clearly many issues
with GTK+, there are also serious issues in other areas to consider
(such as in the CORBA->D-Bus conversion).  Raising awareness of
particular serious issues as the FoG accessibility campaign is starting
is helpful.

Brian


> On 12/25/11, Jason White<jason jasonjgw net>  wrote:
> > Bill Cox<waywardgeek gmail com>  wrote:
> >
> > > So, how do we separate the groups that deserve accessibility funding
> > > under Gnome from those who seem hell bent on making life painful for
> > > the blind?
> >
> > I don't think this is either a helpful or productive question to ask, and I
> > doubt very much that there are people associated with Gnome who fall into
> > the
> > category presupposed by the question.
> >
> > If you have money that you want to put on the table, and if you're
> > uncomfortable donating it to Gnome, you can for example offer it as a bounty
> > for the completion of certain development tasks. Some software projects
> > accept
> > financial contributions under such conditions.
> >
> > If you don't have money to contribute, then I'm sure those working on ATK,
> > AT-SPI, Orca and associated projects would welcome bug reports, patches
> > or documentation.
> >
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