Re: Fwd: Idea on linux.com article on a11y

[Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>]

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

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Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias