Re: What framework to use to develop desktop application with accessibility on linux?

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Hi.
One advantage of swt is that you do not need the java accessbridge, even 
in windows.
I don't know how good is swt in mac, but I know that eclipse runs under mac.

On 01/23/2013 07:29 PM, Taksan wrote:
> Guys, thanks everybody for their tips and recommendations. I was finally
> able to make my software using SWT and it is pretty accessible on Ubuntu
> Gnome with ORCA.
>
> Right now my plan is to use SWT for linux, and Swing for the Windows and
> Mac version, but depending on how things go maybe I will use SWT for all
> platforms. We will see.
>
> According to Oracle JavaFX will be accessible soon, maybe 2014?... that
> will be interesting to try by then :)
>
> Regards,
> Taksan
>
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> *From:* Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>
> *To:* gnome-accessibility-list gnome org;
> gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:48 AM
> *Subject:* Re: What framework to use to develop desktop application with
> accessibility on linux?
>
> On 01/22/2013 06:51 PM, Taksan wrote:
> > I tried QT version 5. Accessibility ok in windows, but on linux it
> > does not work.... it even makes ORCA crash. Which is sad because QT
> > looks very interesting.
>
> AFAIK, right now QT has a functional accessibility support on Linux.
> Anyway, I'm not really experienced on Qt. Probably you should ask to a
> different mailing list:
> kde-accessibility kde org <mailto:kde-accessibility kde org>
>
> Take into account that QT has been traditionally a KDE project, and you
> sent your mail to a GNOME list. So talking about GNOME projects.
>
> > My next options are:
> >
> > Try with GTK+.
>
> GTK+ is right now the toolkit with a better support for ATK, so in
> theory, any application written in GTK+ would be supported by Orca,
> unless you start to create custom GTK+ widgets.
>
> > Try with wxPython.
> >
> > So, any tips or recommendations?
> Ask kde-accessibility list if you have questions about qt accessibility.
> Write your application using GTK+ is a good option.
>
> BR.
>
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> Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias
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