Re: [orca-list] [Fwd: Announcing Orca v2.21.4]

[Bryen <suseROCKS bryen com>]

How come I didn't see this announcement?   Wonder what other postings
I've missed.  And here I thought no one responds to me because they
didn't like me.  :-)

Bryen

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 08:46 +0800, 高生旺 wrote:
> Does it support Chinese braille now?
> 
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Willie Walker wrote:
> 
> > FYI...Orca v2.21.4 is now out!
> > 
> > I just need to repeat how amazed I am at how much work we got done this
> > release.  The last release was only 2 weeks ago, yet we accomplished a lot in
> > the areas of performance, bugs, magnification, and Firefox.  It's difficult
> > for me to choose any one of these as being the highlight of this release:
> > 
> > o The performance work done by Eitan Isaacson has helped bring Orca's
> >   speed back to the pre-pyatspi days, and I think we've even exceeded
> >   the performance in spots.  If you have specific hot spots, please
> >   let us know and be very specific about where they occur.  We can't
> >   magically solve applications that are generally slow (e.g., using
> >   Nautilus to open a folder that has 1000+ entries), but I'm sure
> >   there is still room to make Orca faster.
> > 
> > o The ARIA work done by Scott Haeger is helping to make emerging web
> >   technology accessible *before* it gets too popular.  This proactive
> >   work is awesome.
> > 
> > o The magnification enhancements done by Joanmarie Diggs and Rich
> >   Burridge have really helped make Orca's control of the magnifier a
> >   much richer experience for users.  There are some really good
> >   practical enhancements made to magnification this release -- many
> >   of them spurred on by members of this list.  Thanks so much for
> >   your feedback.  Keep it coming.
> > 
> > o We also continued to work on quality and bugs.  We're not going to
> >   lose focus on that for GNOME 2.22 -- we're going to keep pounding
> >   away at these things one at a time.
> > 
> > In any case, give Orca v2.21.4 a shot if you can and please send feedback.
> > Your voices were heard loud and clear on this release and I thank you for
> > speaking up.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > Willie Walker
> > Orca Project Lead
> > 
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