Re: [g-a-devel] How to indicate disabled state

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Peter:

> So how does Orca distinguish the case of some interactive widget being
> disabled from some widget that can never be enabled? Does Orca say
> disabled in both cases? 

Can you enumerate some actual use cases?  Concrete examples might make 
this discussion easier.

Thanks!

Will

> > Of course, if there were one common accessibility infrastructure for all
> > platforms and we were all working against that infrastructure, the story
> > would be different.  IMO, that's the next generation we should be
> > striving for rather than repeatedly reinventing the same API model for
> > specific platforms.  Based upon my experiences and discussions with
> > folks over the past few years, not many people are ready for that yet
> >