Re: GNOME A11y: where do we need to improve? (Want input by 25-Jan)

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Francesco:

My goal for this exercise is to hear what the community thinks is the 
most important stuff to get done.  As I see with the Orca project, 
having end users directly involved in the decision making process makes 
a world of difference in the outcome.  Without this, we can sometimes 
end up in a situation where the architecture drives the user experience 
and not the other way around.  We can also end up in a situation where 
resources are misdirected towards a snazzy demo while sorely needed gaps 
remain unfilled.

In addition, I think it's also important for the community to know how 
the decisions were made, especially because their voice can influence 
the decisions.  So, thanks to active people like yourself, opinions are 
coming in.

Will

Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please don't get me wrong: In my previous post quoted below I did not
> want to say anything about the importance of the point about "having
> an onscreen keyboard that is more efficient for the users that..."
>
> I only wanted to say that it is a need that exists and that has been
> proposed in the GetInvolved page; thus it should be considered, even
> if at the end it does not belong into the top ten.
>
> By the way, what criteria do you intend to apply to establish the top
> ten list? Does it not depend on the resources available (a coder is
> not a documentation writer)? I assume there are things that need only
> little work while others need much work; the assistive technology
> needed by visually impaired users is probably not much related to
> that used by mobility impaired users,...
>
> Best regards
>
> Francesco
>
> At 8:22 PM +0100 1/23/08, Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Not knowing the state of the other ATs, I don't think that a top ten
> > list from my part would make any sense.
> >
> > However, I would like to ask you to whether you could take into
> > account the creation of an "efficient onscreen keyboard for users
> > that have good control of the movement of the pointer" (regardless of
> > them using a real mouse or some AT like a headpointer), but that are
> > not able to use a hardware keyboard.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Francesco
> >
> >
> > At 10:23 AM -0500 1/23/08, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > I've seen some good activity on the WIKI (thanks!).  I also need your
> > > help with identifying the top 5 to 10 things that need doing on this
> > > list.  Please be brave and speak up, especially those of you who have
> > > expressed concerns about where the community might be focusing or
> > > spending its energy.  This really is your chance to help influence where
> > > things go.
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