Re: [orca-list] SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit) for Java platform accessibility

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Michael:

> Out of interest, how do these two approaches (SWT and swing) compare 
> for accessibility in general? By this I mean if I develop an 
> application I want to be accessible (may be as one of its main 
> concerns) which would be better? I mean by better, the consideration 
> that SWT can be used by those tools which don't support the java 
> access bridge (eg. it is not worth trying to increase the user base if 
> the qualityof accessibility is lowered to a point where it becomes 
> awkard to the user). My experience with orca and eclipse seems to 
> indicate that SWT is up to it.

I'm not really sure how to answer this since I don't have much 
experience with SWT and thus cannot provide a balanced answer.  In 
general, however, we should strive to make it so you shouldn't have to 
care.  :-)

Will