Re: BonoboPreview initiative - png in a control

[Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> On 10Dec2001 05:57PM (+0000), Bill Haneman wrote:
> > "Dr. David Gilbert" wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10 Dec 2001, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > >
> > > > the thumbnail idea makes a lot of sense for image files, I agree
> > > > completely with you, but what about other kind of files? For instance, I
> > > > may want to have a .oaf file preview, which just shows a list of the
> > > > components defined in the file, and not the XML itself. How would I
> > > > generate a thumbnail for that?
> > >
> > > Also I guess thumbnails are insufficient due to accessibility needs.
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > If by thumbnails one means just .png files, yes.
> 
> Do thumbnails in a file open dialog really need to be accessible?
> They're just extra info, and you can operate the file dialog just fine
> completely ignoring them. Indeed, having a screen reader read
> something that describes the file contents instead of just reading the
> name would be kind of silly.

Well, not really.  File names often are either non-unique or fail to
provide useful identifying info about content.  Actually I think
string-tagging of files might be even more useful than thumbnails, for
all users.

Also, strictly speaking, you can't be considered accessible if you
provide any useful information in a visual-only format.  On the other
hand, if you argue that the thumbnails provide no useful information....

 ;-)

-Bill

>  - Maciej
> 
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