Introduction: Implement Caret and Focus Tracking in GNOME Shell.

[Magdalen Berns <magdalenberns gmail com>]

Hi GSoC/OPW -ers!

Congratulations to everyone for getting your project accepted. I am thrilled to be joining you all this summer. The contributions I have seen on the pages so far are dazzling! I can tell I will have my work ahead of me to keep up with the pace of you all. 


A bit about me and my project: 

My name is Magdalen (magpie on IRC). I study Physics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and this summer I will be working on a cooperative project between the teams from gnome-shell and a11y.  


Quest: To implement caret and focus tracking within GNOME Shell.


So far I have received a wealth of support from my fantastic mentors; Joseph Scheuhammer Joanmarie Diggs, Alejandro Piñeiro, Mike Gorse, Rui Matos, and Juanjo Marín. Adding caret and focus tracking to GNOME Shell offers various benefits. [1] This work will allow the magnifier to display current keyboard 
focus. [2] The magnifier is there to assist GNOME users with low vision [3] . 

If you want to ping me on IRC please do. I will keep adding to the project page and posting with fortnightly project updates once coding gets going. [4] I will keep an eye out for your projects, too!


All the best of luck in achieving your goals!

Magdalen

[1] https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2013/magpie/14001

[2] https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointNine/Features/FocusCaretTracking

[3] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Magnification

[4] https://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode2013/Projects/MagdalenBernsCaretAndFocusTracking