RE: [g-a-devel]Accessibility for cdplayer applet

[Marc Mulcahy <marc mulcahy sun com>]

Yes, this could introduce performance issues, but I'm not sure what good 
alternative exists, since an assistive technology would want to know about 
changes.  Anyone else have thoughts?

marc

At 08:16 AM 3/1/2002 +0530, Mukund wrote:
> Marc,
>
> > then just emit name-changed and description-changed
> > when they
> > change so the AT can know about the changes.
>
> This would mean the emission happen frequently since one of
> the fields under discussion is Time. Wouldn't that be a
> performance issue ? Hope am not missing something here.
>
> Cheers,
> Mukund.
>
>
> > At 03:58 PM 2/28/2002 +0000, Padraig O'Briain wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > HI,
> > > >
> > > > > > All the buttons and track info are packed inside a
> > box. Buttons already
> > > > > > have tooltips.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Accessible name and description has to be set for
> > gtk-buttons. The
> > > track
> > > > >
> > > > > Are the tooltips referred to above adequate for the
> description?
> > > >
> > > > E.g. : for a stop button the tooltip is "Stop". I
> thought
> > i could set
> > > > this as the accessible name and set description as
> "Click
> > this button to
> > > > stop" Is that o.k. ?
> > >
> > >What you are saying is that the tooltip is inadequate.
> Your
> > other option
> > >would
> > >be to change the tooltip. I have no opinion on the best
> approach.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > In case this lengthy description is not required then
> i
> > could do away
> > > > with what the tooltip gives me.
> > > >
> > > > > > information and time elapsed is displayed using
> > > > > > gkt_image_new_from_pixbuf. Now i could set up the
> > accessible name and
> > > > > > description for these 2 images. But the gtk-image
> > here does not
> > > react to
> > > > > > state change. So ferret does not report this
> widget.
> > But considering an
> > > > > > AT would get to the atk object by traversing the
> tree
> > of accessible
> > > > > > objects, i could do away with this implementation.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > How will a blind user get the track information and
> > time elapsed?
> > > >
> > > > The time elapsed is drawn using a
> > gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf. If i do a
> > > > get accessible for the image and set the AtkObject
> name
> > to : time [
> > > > which i plan to get from
> > > >
> cdrom_deveice_status_t.relative_address.minute/second ].
> > Then would that
> > > > be o.k ?
> > > >
> > > > The description could be more descriptive, like "time
> elapsed is :
> > > > <time>"
> > > >
> > > > And i do the same mentioned for track information.
> > > >
> > > > What is your opinion
> > > >
> > >
> > >I believe that there have been discussions questioning
> the
> > appropriateness of
> > >using name and description for values which change but I
> was
> > not paying
> > >attention. Perhaps Marc has a view on this.
> > >
> > >Could you implement AtkValue for information such as time
> elapsed and
> > >description would identify the units.
> > >
> > >I am not sure whether a similar approach would work for
> > track information.
> > >
> > >Padraig
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Deepa.
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