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[gnomeweb-wml] Add a "Solutions" page

commit e4f108a853f13b8b67b20b03baebb28fcae1be85
Author: Willie Walker <william walker sun com>
Date:   Wed Jan 27 14:28:22 2010 -0500

    Add a "Solutions" page

 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/Makefile.am       |    3 +-
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/about.html        |    1 -
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/goals.html        |    1 -
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/index.html        |   16 +-
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/participate.html  |    1 -
 .../accessibility/prosimii/prosimii-screen.css     |    6 +-
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/related.html      |    1 -
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/screencasts.html  |    1 -
 projects.gnome.org/accessibility/solutions.html    |  223 ++++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 241 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/Makefile.am b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/Makefile.am
index 28707f6..6a8dd45 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/Makefile.am
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ page_SCRIPTS= \
 	index.html \
 	participate.html \
 	related.html \
-	screencasts.html
+	screencasts.html \
+	solutions.html
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/rules.common
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/about.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/about.html
index 722d6ce..270d630 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/about.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/about.html
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@
         For comments or questions about this website, please
         <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
       </span>
-      <strong>Updated 30-Oct-2008</strong>
     </div>
 <!-- Piwik -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/goals.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/goals.html
index 50fe0f2..32cf064 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/goals.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/goals.html
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@
         For comments or questions about this website, please
         <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
       </span>
-      <strong>Updated 30-Oct-2008</strong>
     </div>
 <!-- Piwik -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/index.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/index.html
index 2c8d08d..8bc4c5f 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/index.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/index.html
@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@
       <!-- ##### Bottom Bar ##### -->
 
       <div class="rowOfBoxes dividingBorderAbove">
-        <div class="quarter noBorderOnLeft">
+        <div class="fifth noBorderOnLeft">
+          <h1>Solutions</h1>
+          <p>GNOME provides a comprehensive set of
+	    <a href="solutions.html">solutions</a> for people who have
+	    difficulty using the system's input and output devices.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="fifth">
           <h1>Demos and Talks</h1>
           <p>Please view
           our <a href="screencasts.html">screencasts</a> that
@@ -113,7 +120,7 @@
 	  of <a href="talks/talks.html">articles and talks</a> over the years.</p>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="quarter">
+        <div class="fifth">
           <h1>Goals</h1>
           <p>The <a href="goals.html">GNOME Accessibility Goals and
           Roadmap</a> shows the ideas and hopes of GNOME contributors
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@
           you.  Please participate!</p>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="quarter">
+        <div class="fifth">
           <h1>Bug Reports</h1>
 
           <p>Please take the time to report all bugs and feature
@@ -132,7 +139,7 @@
 	  addressed.</p>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="quarter">
+        <div class="fifth">
           <h1>Communicate</h1>
 
           <p>The GNOME Accessibility project thrives on your
@@ -151,7 +158,6 @@
         For comments or questions about this website, please
         <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
       </span>
-      <strong>Updated 30-Oct-2008</strong>
     </div>
 <!-- Piwik -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/participate.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/participate.html
index 410cfa2..a9c5497 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/participate.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/participate.html
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
         For comments or questions about this website, please
         <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
       </span> 
-      <strong>Updated 30-Oct-2008</strong>
    </div>
 <!-- Piwik -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/prosimii/prosimii-screen.css b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/prosimii/prosimii-screen.css
index dba1236..777dfb1 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/prosimii/prosimii-screen.css
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/prosimii/prosimii-screen.css
@@ -274,12 +274,16 @@ dd {
   clear: both;
 }
 
-.quarter, .oneThird, .half, .twoThirds, .fullWidth {
+.fifth, .quarter, .oneThird, .half, .twoThirds, .fullWidth {
   margin: 1em 0;
   float: left;
   border-left: 1px solid rgb(204,204,204);
 }
 
+.fifth {
+  width: 16%;
+  padding: 0 1.9%;
+}
 .quarter {
   width: 21%;
   padding: 0 1.9%;
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/related.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/related.html
index 9e8dea9..68b6294 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/related.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/related.html
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
         For comments or questions about this website, please
         <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
       </span> 
-      <strong>Updated 30-Oct-2008</strong>
    </div>
 <!-- Piwik -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/screencasts.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/screencasts.html
index a3fffc9..0e0adf6 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/screencasts.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/screencasts.html
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
         For comments or questions about this website, please
         <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
       </span>
-      <strong>Updated 30-Oct-2008</strong>
     </div>
 <!-- Piwik -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/solutions.html b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/solutions.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38e07b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/accessibility/solutions.html
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
+    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en-US">
+
+  <!-- ##### Title and Meta ##### -->
+
+  <head>
+    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="author" content="Willie Walker" />
+    <meta name="generator" content="Willie Walker" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./prosimii/prosimii-screen.css" media="screen, tv, projection" title="Default" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet alternative" type="text/css" href="./prosimii/prosimii-print.css" media="screen" title="Print Preview" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./prosimii/prosimii-print.css" media="print" />
+    <title>GNOME Accessibility - Solutions</title>
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="images/logo.png" />
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <!-- For non-visual user agents: -->
+      <div id="top"><a href="#main-copy" class="doNotDisplay doNotPrint">Skip to main content.</a></div>
+
+    <!-- ##### Header and Navigation Bar ##### -->
+
+    <div id="header">
+      <div class="superHeader">
+        <a href="http://www.gnome.org";>GNOME</a>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="midHeader">
+        <h1 class="headerTitle">GNOME Accessibility - Solutions</h1>
+        <div class="headerSubTitle">
+          What solutions are available in GNOME for people with disabilities
+        </div>
+        <br class="doNotDisplay doNotPrint"/>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="subHeader">
+        <span class="doNotDisplay">Navigation:</span>
+        <a href="./index.html">Home</a> |
+        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/";>Users</a> |
+        <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/accessibility-devel-guide/nightly/";>Developers</a> |
+        <a href="./participate.html">Participate</a> |
+        <a href="./about.html">About</a> |
+        <a href="./related.html">Related Work</a> |
+        <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility";>WIKI</a> |
+        <a href="http://www.planet-a11y.net/?feed=";>
+          <img width="15" height="15" border="none" src="http://www.planet-a11y.net/themes/phanet_dark/styles/images/feed.png"; alt="Planet A11y News Feed" class="favicon"/>
+        </a>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div id="main-copy">
+      <div class="rowOfBoxes">
+
+        <!-- ##### Main Content ##### -->
+
+        <div class="twoThirds noBorderOnLeft">
+          <h1 class="headerTitle">Introduction</h1>
+          <p><img src="images/logo.png" width="70" height="70"
+	  hspace="5" align="left" alt="Universal access logo"/>
+
+	  <p>Because accessibility is a core value the GNOME project,
+	    GNOME has accessibility "built in" from the very early
+	    days versus being "bolted on" as is done on other
+	    graphical desktops.  On this page is a description of the
+	    free open source solutions people with disabilities can
+	    use to be successful with using GNOME to accomplish their
+	    tasks, from e-mail to surfing the web to chatting with
+	    friends, to editing documents, etc.</p>
+
+	  <p>Please also visit the <a href="screencasts.html">screencasts</a>
+	    page for examples of some of the GNOME accessibility
+	    features in action.  The
+            <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/accessibility-devel-guide/nightly/gad.html";>GNOME
+          Accessibility Developer's Guide</a> also contains informative
+          sections on "What is Accessibility?" and "Types of
+          Disability."</p>
+
+	  <h2>Keyboard Users</h2>
+	  <p>GNOME
+	  provides <a href="http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/keynav-0.html.en";>full
+	  keyboard access</a> to the desktop -- you can throw your
+	  mouse away and accomplish everything from the keyboard
+	  alone.  For users who need additional assistance using the
+	  keyboard, GNOME
+	  has <a href="http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/dtconfig-14.html.en";>preferences
+	  that allow you to make your keyboard more accessible</a>.
+	  These include the following:</p>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li>Simulate simultaneous keypresses - with StickyKeys,
+	      users can enter multiple shift (or other) keys
+	      individually but have the system process them as a
+	      single combination keystroke.</li>
+	    <li>Only accept long keypresses - with SlowKeys, keys must
+	      be pressed for a given length of time before they are
+	      accepted as input.</li>
+	    <li>Ignore fast duplicate keypresses - with BounceKeys,
+	      successive entry of the same key will only have a single
+	      instance of that key accepted as input.</li>
+	    <li>Adjust keyboard autorepeat feature - with RepeatKeys,
+	      users can turn keyboard repeat on and off as well as
+	      adjust the time before which a key starts repeating and
+	      how fast a key repeats.</li>
+	    <li>Control the mouse from the keyboard - with MouseKeys,
+	      users can use the keypad to move the mouse as well as
+	      perform click, double click, and drag operations.</li>
+	  </ul>
+
+	  <h2>Mouse Users</h2>
+	  <p>Some users cannot use the keyboard at all, but can move
+	    (and possibly click) the mouse. GNOME provides several
+	    solutions that allow users to have complete access to the
+	    desktop via the mouse alone:</p>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li>Provide software clicking of the mouse when you hover
+	      the mouse - with MouseTweaks, users can position the mouse
+	      pointer over something and let it rest there. After a
+	      configurable period of time, the system will perform a
+	      click, double click, drag, or right click operation
+	      wherever the mouse pointer is.</li>
+	    <li>Enter text quickly - with
+	      <a href="http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/Demonstrations.html";>Dasher</a>,
+	      an information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by
+	      natural continuous pointing gestures, users have
+	      achieved typing speeds of up to 35 words per minute and
+	      more.</li>
+	    <li>Type text using an onscreen keyboard - GNOME's
+	      onscreen keyboard (GOK) provides a graphical
+	      representation of the keyboard that you can click on to
+	      type as well as select from a list of words that GOK
+	      predicts you might be typing.</li>
+	  </ul>
+
+	  <h2>Switch Users</h2>
+	  <p>Some users cannot use the keyboard or mouse, but can
+	  interact with one or more switches connected to the
+	  system.</p>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li>Drive GNOME's onscreen keyboard (GOK) using one or
+	      more switches - GOK provides a "scanning" mode that
+	      allows the user to select items on the keyboard using a
+	      switch.  It should be noted that GOK also has a "user
+	      interface grab" feature that allows GOK to display user
+	      elements, such as menu items, push buttons, etc., in its
+	      display so that the user can more efficiently interact
+	      with these items.</li>
+	  </ul>
+
+	  <h2>Low Vision Users</h2>
+	  <p>Some users can see the screen, but just need to be able
+	  to change the fonts, colors, and icons.</p>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li>Adjust the fonts, colors and icons - with GNOME's
+	      built-in theming mechanism, users can customize the font
+	      sizes, colors, and icons used by the desktop and its
+	      applications. GNOME also provides pre-defined themes for
+	      high contrast, large print, and inverse colors.</li>
+	    <li>Locate the mouse - users can configure the system to
+	      highlight the mouse pointer when the right control key
+	      is pressed.</li>
+	  </ul>
+	  <p>For other users, increasing the font size is not enough and
+	    the user might need magnification instead.</p>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li>Magnify the display - GNOME provides a trivial
+	      magnifier that follows mouse position as well as a more
+	      sophisticated magnifier that follows mouse position and
+	      keyboard focus as well as use speech synthesis to
+	      reenforce what is on the display.  Both magnifiers can
+	      operate smoothly and quickly full screen mode.</li>
+	  </ul>
+	 
+	  <h2>Blind Users</h2>
+	  <p>Some users have difficulty seeing the screen at all.</p>
+	  <ul>
+	    <li>Use a screen reader - with
+	      GNOME's <a href="http://live.gnome.org/Orca";>Orca screen
+	      reader</a>, users have access to speech synthesis,
+	      magnification, and braille representations of the
+	      graphical desktop.</li>
+	    <li>Hear when locking keys (e.g., CapsLock and NumLock)
+	      are locked and unlocked - the Orca screen reader speaks
+	      and braille notifications when locking modifiers change.
+	      In addition, the ToggleKeys functionality of GNOME emits
+	      an audible beep when locking modifiers change.
+	  </ul>
+
+	  <h2>Accessibility Infrastructure</h2>
+	  <p>While not a solution that users interact with directly, 
+	    GNOME's accessibility infrastructure, the "Assistive Technology
+	    Service Provider Interface (AT-SPI)", is a built-in
+	    component of GNOME that provides rich information for
+	    assistive technologies to use. With the AT-SPI, screen
+	    readers such as Orca and on screen keyboards such as GOK
+	    get direct access to the components that make up the
+	    display of a graphical application.  This includes access
+	    to the menus, buttons, text areas, etc.</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- ##### Footer ##### -->
+
+    <div id="footer">
+      <span class="doNotPrint">
+        For comments or questions about this website, please
+        <a href="mailto:william walker sun com" title="Willie Walker">email the Webmaster</a><br />
+      </span>
+    </div>
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