Re: menu layout proposal for gnome 2.10

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

This is interesting.  We have worked on a project here (Web4All) that 
allows users to set their preferences (using a wizard in this case), and 
then, if required, system settings are changed, and/or one or more 
assitive technology programs are run.

It does seem like there _could_ be two ways of coming at it... of 
causing an assitive tech to launch...  Just something to mull over - 
user mental models and that kind of thing.  I don't favour one or the 
other, but the word "preference" sure has a nice feel to it...  since it 
uncouples the idea of disability from the assitive technology.  And 
let's face it, I don't need a magnifier but they sure come in handy 
sometimes!  Then again, this latter point supports Bill's comment -- 
that you might only want it sometimes...  Stopping my rample now.

cheers,

David

Bill Haneman wrote:

> I don't think moving the Accessibility applications into Preferences
> makes sense; it breaks the principle we adhere to elsewhere,
> distinguishing "apps" from "system settings".  If I want to run an
> assistive technology just once (and not make it a startup program for my
> desktop), I shouldn't have to go into Preferences to find it.
>
> - Bill
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