Re: GNOME Launches Campaign for Accessibility
Brian Cameron <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnome.accessibility.devel,gmane.comp.gnome.accessibility.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
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<[email protected]> wrote: >> Bill Cox<[email protected]> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >> > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel