Re: [g-a-devel]Accessibility support in Glade

[Peter Korn <korn sun com>]

Hi guys,

Coming up with a logo for "Accessibility" in general is tough, and it is
something that many have tried (and failed) to do.  Earl probably has some
pointers to things folks have tried in the past.  One to look at is the Web
Accessibility Initiative "world with keyhole" icon for web accessibility.  

Accessibility is such a general term, it is difficult to boil down to a single
image (vs. support the blind, support people with physical impairments, etc.). 
In fact, Bill and I recently discovered that the word "accessibility" isn't in
the Mandarin language.


Finding a way to avoid wanting an icon may be your best route...


Regards,

Peter Korn
Sun Accessibility team


Calum Benson wrote:
> 
> Bill Haneman wrote:
> 
> > He's using the wheelchair at present, which while appropriate for
> > AccessX is *not* appropriate for general accessibility.
> 
> True, but unless we can suggest an alternative (which we'll need anyway,
> for either our accessibility control center category, or accessibility
> capplet, whichever solution we decide on), I'm guessing that's what
> we'll be stuck with...
> 
> It's also what Microsoft uses to mean 'Accessibility', which isn't much
> of an argument I agree, but if they couldn't come up with a better icon
> then I suspect we might be struggling as well :/
> 
> FWIW, Sun's Accessibility Program currently uses this (now slightly
> dated) logo:  http://www.sun.com/access/.  Which I think is kind of
> sucky, but it might sow the seed for some inspiration...
> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
> 
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