--- El mié, 15/9/10, Bryen M. Yunashko <suserocks bryen com> escribió:
De: Bryen M. Yunashko <suserocks bryen com>
Asunto: Re: Getting more people to a11y talks
Para: "Stormy Peters" <stormy gnome org>
CC: marketing-list gnome org
Fecha: miércoles, 15 de septiembre, 2010 06:34
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 12:14 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
Hi Bryen,
Just some tidbits. I think most people attend talks because of the speaker and the title. As far as I can tell, very few people read the abstract. (I polled a couple of audiences.) I think most people are looking for "what's in it for me?" - either knowledge or entertainment.
So, I gotta get people to like me? That's a lot of work! :-)
The "what's in it for me?" is the angle I need to build up on. Particularly, getting the message out that (borrowing from my favorite line from Willie Walker) "accessibility needs to be baked in, not bolted on." And that for GNOME to continue to remain relevant and competitive as a desktop environment of choice, accessibility IS "in it for me." I was recently told about a government inquiry into using KDE, and when they realized that a11y wasn't KDE's strong suit, they ceased any further interest in KDE. So, you want your GNOME apps or your GNOME desktop to get into a number of markets, you need to be concerned for a11y even if you're not involved in it.
And, as we know, there are other examples out there where lack of accessibility has derailed deployment of open source in some organizations.
One of the main reasons because GNOME was chosen for Guadalinex, Andalusian distro supported by the regional government, was because its a11y capabilities. In fact, a11y is one of the most valuable features of GNOME.
-- Juanjo |
