Proposal to enable accessibility by default for GNOME development releases

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi All:

As part of the GNOME Boston 2006 Accessibility Summit, and as part of
the larger GNOME testing discussions, we would like to propose that
accessibility is enabled by default for GNOME development releases.
That is, make the /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility gconf setting
be True by default for the "odd" (e.g., 2.17.x) releases.

A couple of the reasons for doing this include the following:

o The accessibility infrastructure will be used as part of the larger
testing work.  Having accessibility enabled by default will make it a
little easier to set up and use the testing facilities.  A lower barrier
to entry means more people might be encouraged to test.  ;-)

o We need broader use and coverage of the accessibility infrastructure.
Having accessibility enabled by default will help provide this.

When we proposed this idea at the afternoon summary to all of the GNOME
Boston 2006 attendees, the response seemed to be fairly positive.  Jeff
suggested posting a proposal to this list to see if we can get the ball
rolling.

Thoughts?

Will