[g-a-devel] Re: success with gnopernicus 0.8.4 Gnome 2.6 in Debian

["Tom and Esther Ward" <tward1978 earthlink net>]

Hi, Kenny.
I haven't noticed a difference in stability with or without the java sdk and
access bridge installed, but as soon as I finish upgrading my servers to
Fedora Core 3 I'll be sure to compare notes on how gnopernicus and gnome 2.8
operate with the java stuff installed compared to a stock Fedora system with
no java sdks and access bridge installed.
As for Mozilla it does not require java. All it requires is the stock Gnome
libraries to be accessible.
However, the problem comes in if you are like me and you like to work with
Star Office and Open Office where the java access stuff is important for
getting access to those particular apps as well as any other swing based
java app.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny hittsjunk net>
To: <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
Cc: <gnome-accessibility-devel gnome org>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: success with gnopernicus 0.8.4 Gnome 2.6 in Debian


> Hi.  I recently installed a new Debian system.  I upgraded the box to
> unstable.  I installed the Debian packages for Gnome and Gnopernicus.
> In Debian, Gnome 2.6 and Gnopernicus 0.8.4 are the latest available.  I
> haven't installed any Java support.  Since Debian doesn't allow Java in
> it's main distro, I don't believe any Java packages were installed
> as dependencys.
> I've noticed I have a very stable system. I haven't crashed Gnopernicus
> or any gnome app in the over 2 months I've been running it this way.
> There are some problems with accessibility, but no problems with
> stability.  On my other Debian box which has Sun's JDK installed,
> Gnopernicus is very unstable.  That box's Gnome is basically useless.
> Does anyone have an idea why a system using only Debian packages is so
> stable while a box with Java support isn't?  The box with Java install
> is completely stable for my sighted girl friend who doesn't use any
> Gnome accessibility features.  That would suggest the stability problems
> are part of the accessibility and not a general problem.
>
> One other strange thing is Mozilla access.  the box with Java installed
> doesn't have much access to Mozilla.  the box with all Debian packages
> will allow me to read web pages using Mozilla-firefox.  The access isn't
> perfect, but it is noticably better than anything I've had before.
> I thought Java was a requirement for Mozilla access.  Can someone pleas
> explain what is going on?
>
>           Kenny
>
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