Re: Fwd: Idea on linux.com article on a11y

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi Sri,

It's a risky strategy - from what I can tell our accessibility story has 
regressed since 2.32. Do we have an action plan to get back to where we 
were before? I have been getting the impression that accessibility 
wasn't a top priority for some of the teams driving GNOME 3.

If we really do have a good accessibility story, and legitimate gripes 
with the linux.com story, then it sounds like it's worth a shot.

Cheers,
Dave.

On 02/22/2012 07:36 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> I sent this to Karen, and I would like to get a wider feedback on this
> course of action.
>
> When dealing with the press there is always a bit of a risk especially
> if you're trying to manipulate them :)
>
> sri
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Sriram Ramkrishna* <sri ramkrishna me <mailto:sri ramkrishna me>>
> Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:49 PM
> Subject: Idea on linux.com <http://linux.com> article on a11y
> To: Karen Sandler <karen gnome org <mailto:karen gnome org>>
> Cc: Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es <mailto:juanjomarin96 yahoo es>>
>
>
> I was talking with Juanjo today and came up with an idea.  I'm wondering
> if this is something you would support:
>
> Create a rebuttal article to the Linux.com article which bemoans the
> lack of good a11y.  By stating in fact that we are in fact have great
> a11y support thanks to the efforts of the GNOME foundation and
> contributors.  We can either make it another Linux.com article or we
> could generate our own news.gnome.org <http://news.gnome.org> or
> something.  The idea is to create a conversation of viewpoints.  But
> more importantly, to try to attract third party media who love these
> kind of controversies.  We get several benefits, linux.com
> <http://linux.com>'s gets a higher media exposure and as well we do.  We
> would hopefully create an effect of having media focus on a11y
> technologies in Linux or maybe in general.
>
> Basically, create a meme with some media manipulation.
>
> What do you think?
>
> sri

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