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

[earl johnson <Earl Johnson sun com>]

When you think about it, there are all sorts of people with all sorts
of disabilities running around with the wheel chair logo on their
license plate or hanging from their rear view mirror (yes, even blind
people). In IT terms as well as publically, it's basically the
acccepted and recognized symbol/standard meaning "accessibility stuff
here" for all users. Is it ugly or not fully representative of all
disability types, yes, but it is also simple and recognizable. So my
recommendation is don't introduce confusion, especially for the users
of Windows who we'd love to suck over to GNOME, by hiding accessibility
behind a new logo that is neither universal nor possibly recognizable.
Further, I think we should use the wheel chair logo for both the
initial accessibility control panel resident, i.e. AccessX, then to
continue to use it when more is added.

On Peter's no logo hope/thought, I think one should be used because it
makes it easy for the user to find accessibility amid a probable sea of
other conrol panels with their own fancy gifs on them.

ej

> 
> 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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