Re: gnome-games 2.16.0 released and branched for 2.17

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Richard Hoelscher wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:38:26 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Richard Hoelscher <rah rahga com>
> To: Jason D. Clinton <me jasonclinton com>
> Cc: games-list <games-list gnome org>, rah rahga com
> Subject: Re: gnome-games 2.16.0 released and branched for 2.17
>
> Jason D. Clinton said:
> >> [*] ... Among other things, bugs like #352084 simply broke my will to
> >> hack.
> >
> > "Fullscreen menu item changes when selected"
> >
> > Huh?
>
> 100% HIG compliance is a nice generic goal to shoot for... but I really
> just can't muster putting up a fight against this sort of bug.

I guess it is the difference between maintaince and development.

> At the very least, beat it back once, and it will show up again every
> cycle. Same thing with dozens of other bugs like adding card counting
> strategies to blackjack or the guys that prefer the old
> pixelated-and-filtered look of card indexes to new ones that are vector
> based. :)
>
> FWIW, my objection to #352084 would have been simply be that if we do a
> change as dramatic as going to fullscreen mode, maybe it really does makes
> sense to change the label to "Leave Fullscreen" rather than fret about
> users who would get confused by the new label (problem is in between the
> keyboard and chair) or screen reader limitations (problem is in the screen
> reader(?)).

Problem is in Gtk and sometimes in the program design.  How are users
expected to know or predict a certain lable will change?  Good designs
clearly delinate areas which will be changeable like the status bar or the
main game/document area to make things more predictable.

It isn't very important because realistically fullscreen the least of your
worries if you are trying to play gnome games using a screenreader.

Again it is pefectly acceptable to punt that bug report indefinately and
request the reporter or the accessibility team try to look at it.


Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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