RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gok
- From: Murray Cumming Comneon com
- To: peter korn sun com
- Cc: jdub perkypants org, desktop-devel-list gnome org, gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
- Subject: RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gok
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 10:27:39 +0200
> From: Peter Korn [mailto:peter korn sun com]
> > > From: Jeff Waugh [mailto:jdub perkypants org]
> The core rules/guidelines that inform Sun's interpretation of
> what to do in
> this particular situation are: Section 508 guideline 1194.21(g) - see
> <http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.21.htm#(g)> -
> which states
> that "Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color
> selections and other individual display attributes"; and
> 1194.21(j) - see
> <http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.21.htm#(j)> -
> which states
> that "When a product permits a user to adjust color and
> contrast settings, a
> variety of color selections capable of producing a range of
> contrast levels
> shall be provided".
>
> Taking these two things together and applying them to GOK or any other
> application, we believe that there must be a persisting setting in the
> application that makes it respect the desktop theme, but that
> that setting
> need not be the default. This is the case in GOK.
Maybe I misunderstand, but I can't believe it would be OK for every GNOME
module to have a non-standard UI as long as they each had a "be normal"
preference. Persumably there is a good reason that gok does not use the GTK+
theme by default?
Murray Cumming
murrayc usa net
www.murrayc.com
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