Re: Proposal to enable accessibility by default for GNOME development releases

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

Will,

Yes.

As we see more and more software consuming the at-spi interfaces (gui 
testing tools, screen readers, on-screen keyboards, at-poke, gui event 
loggers) it just makes sense to get as much testing coverage as 
possible.  Let's fix the bugs in the development releases. 

cheers,

David

Willie Walker wrote:
> 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
>
>
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