Re: Fwd: Idea on linux.com article on a11y
- From: Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>
- To: marketing-list <marketing-list gnome org>
- Cc: Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Fwd: Idea on linux.com article on a11y
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:42:58 +0100
Hi all, using this mail to answer everybody.
On 02/22/2012 11:59 PM, Juanjo Marín wrote:
----- Mensaje original -----
De: Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>
Para: marketing-list gnome org
CC:
Enviado: Miércoles 22 de febrero de 2012 21:56
Asunto: Re: Fwd: Idea on linux.com article on a11y
Hi Sri,
It's a risky strategy - from what I can tell our accessibility story has
regressed since 2.32. Do we have an action plan to get back to where we
were before? I have been getting the impression that accessibility
wasn't a top priority for some of the teams driving GNOME 3.
I agree that this is a risky strategy, but not only due the regressions
that we had. As far as I understood the original mail, the idea is
create some kind of noise based on create a controversy. This conclusion
based on this comment from Sri "But more importantly, to try to attract
third party media who love these kind of controversies". If I need to
say something, and this create a controversy, it is just a collateral
effect. But I don't like the idea of create controversies just for the
sake of create a controversy.
If we really do have a good accessibility story, and legitimate gripes
with the linux.com story, then it sounds like it's worth a shot.
Hi !
The transition to GNOME 3.0 was at the same time that Oracle adquired
Sun and dismatled the Accessibility Program Office that was one of the
main contributors to GNOME a11y so far.
The GNOME a11y team has been reorganizing and new members have
landed in the team to tackle the daunting transition to GNOME 3, specially
because a11y relayed in bonobo that was going to be dropped in GNOME
3 and it had to be re-written using D-bus, not to mention the other details
to be migrated.
GNOME 3.2 is the first release of the the GNOME 3 series that can be
stated as accessible, though it has some glitches. GNOME 3.4 looks
very promising.
So there was a regression, but we are in general terms close to the
same level again (orca seems more performant than ever in the current
development cycle, gnome magnification works great now with new
features around the corner, the on-screen keyboard it's built using a
promising Caribou tech with a11y features , etc... and other
applications like dots needs some work to be working again or
gnome-voice was dropped).
Also, GNOME a11y technologies are being used in other free desktops,
like Xfce, Unity and KDE. So I think GNOME has an important leading
role in terms of accessibility.
However, the resources in accessibility are less than in the past, and we
need more resources to keep the pace for adding new features and
maintaining what we have.
This is a good summary. Thanks.
BR
--
Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias
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