Re: [orca-list] Orca with the Skype Public API

[Bryen <suseROCKS bryen com>]

I don't see it as a question of judgement.    I see what Janina said as
a balance of resources.   Skype has paid staff dedicated to the
development of their own resources.   Wouldn't it be better to directly
communicate with Skype and express your concerns that they are not
behaving accessibly?


On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 10:11 +0100, Hermann wrote:
> Janina, how can you judge? OK, you don't like Skype, but others do. So 
> what's that arguing?
> I pay for a regular phone in Germany, and unlike the US, it's a bit 
> more expensiv, so why pay additionally for an internet phone, when I can 
> get it for free?
> And how many open source programs are absolutely unaccessible? This will 
> never change, unless we succeed in providing some common standards for 
> all GUIs, and I think we are light-years away from that. And even a lot 
> of Gnome programs are not accessible: I couldn't find a decent 
> FTP-client for Gnome that's really accessible, and that's why I use 
> mainly text Linux, and I think this will last for a very long time.
> Conclusion: It's not worth arguing what "WE" need or not. Someone has 
> put a question, and we should just answer it, not turning that person 
> and his/her wishes down.
> Hermann
> 
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---Bryen---