Re: [orca-list] vlc no longer accessible with orca

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi There
Unfortunately, you are correct. As of version 0.9.0 of VLC, the  
WXWindows/GTK interface has been dropped, in favor of QT, the reason  
that was given was that the developer of the WX interface didn't want  
to maintain it anymore. This is a trend I see beginning, and it  
worries me. QT doesn't integrate with at-spi as of yet, and so any QT  
application remains inaccessible to us. This is why we don't have  
access to Skype as well, among other things. With QT's recent  
licensing change to the LGPL, I worry we will see a shift further into  
QT, further cutting our accessible application options.
While we're on the subject... QT 4, in their documentation, claims  
they do integrate with at-spi but all other sources sem to indicate  
this isn't true. Why would they claim this if it is untrue and, if  
it's not, why doesn't orca work with it? Documentation on this seems  
to be a bit scarce. What's going on with QT, anyone know?




On Jan 20, 2009, at 22:59, Aruni Sharma wrote:

> hei listers, VLC used to work very well earlier. however, the  
> accessibility seems to have vanished somewhere along the way. I have  
> not been able to use it for last few months. if I switch the focus  
> to vlc, orca says inaccessible.