Re: [orca-list] Priorities GNOME-Shell 3.4 (was Re: Trying Quantal Quetsal Alpha 3)

[Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>]

FWIW, I have just committed some patches for bugs 682366 and bug 667439.
Thanks to them, now Orca can read battery power level and current wifi
connected on GNOME Shell.

Best regards

On 07/30/2012 12:18 PM, Piñeiro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> on Ubuntu 12.04 gnome-shell 3.4.1 is being shipped. This was,
> IMHO-AFAIK, the first version of gnome shell "usable enough", in the
> sense that Orca users could use it. In fact for the first time, Orca
> users are reporting GNOME Shell bugs. BTW, thanks everyone !
>
> Anyway, I thought that those new bugs (and existing bugs) severity were
> in the range low-normal. But looking to this mail, it seems that there
> are still major bugs that prevents Orca users using GNOME Shell.
>
> At this momet, the main problems that I knew that are still open are:
>   * Volume slider is still not accessible [1] (workaround: open sound
> settings)
>   * Battery power level are not accessible. This also affects which is
> the current wifi connection [2]
>
> So as we are in the middle of 3.6 cycle (probably the version to be used
> on ubuntu 12.10), it would be good to know in which stuff we should
> focus. So, I would like to ask the Orca list which are the major stuff
> that prevents to an Orca user to use gnome shell.
>
> Thanks
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648623
> [2]  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667439
>
>
> On 07/30/2012 06:48 AM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> > I get a feeling that gnome shell will be pritty accessible in a couple
> > of months, given a lot of work has gone into it even from Orca end.
> > So if some one wants to shift to 12.10, my question is will gnome
> > shell be a bit more accessible than what we had in Ubuntu 12.04?
> > happy hacking.
> > Krishnakant.
> >
> > On 07/30/2012 04:28 AM, Kyle wrote:
> > > Wow thanks Dave. I'll take a look at gnome-shell again as soon as I
> > > get a chance. Currently I'm waiting to rebuild my computer and am
> > > trying to get Arch to boot from a thumb drive. I'll give gnome-shell
> > > another look on whichever I can get working first.
> > > ~Kyle
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Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias