Re: [orca-list] how to access top panel with orca in Ubuntu 10.04

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

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Interesting. Given gnome-panel's focus lock problems with menus, this is
certainly gonna get bothersome unless those get dealt with.

On 04/25/2010 04:21 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hey Jacob.
>
> > Is indicator-applet something Ubuntu-specific or is GNOME in general
> > adopting it?
>
> Well.... I believe it's Ubuntu-specific. There was an interesting blog
> entry a few days ago. [1] In it (under the "Nuke the entire site from
> orbit - it's the only way to be sure" heading), it says:
>
> > In Ubuntu 10.04, weâve introduced the sound menu, which replaces the
> > Gnome volume applet; and the âmeâ menu, which replaces the items for
> > setting your status in various instant messaging programs.
> >
> > In Ubuntu 10.10, we plan to introduce a power menu, which replaces the
> > Gnome Power Manager applet; a network menu, which replaces the Network
> > Manager applet (nm-applet); and a clock menu, or time and date menu,
> > that replaces the Gnome clock applet. Weâll also be extending the
> > sound menu, to replace the notification area items for music players.
> > We will be posting more about these and other menus, and asking for
> > feedback on our designs, in the coming weeks.
> >
> > The pattern here is that everything is becoming a menu. And further,
> > everything is becoming a single set of menus. You can see glimmerings
> > of this in Ubuntu 10.04: for example, if you click on the messaging
> > menu by mistake instead of the sound menu, you can just slide straight
> > over to the sound menu without having to click again. (Currently, this
> > is implemented using two panel applets, indicator-applet and
> > indicator-applet-session. Weâll be consolidating this in future Ubuntu
> > versions.)
>
> Nowhere in that entry do I see a reference to GNOME incorporating this
> or that Canonical is working with upstream to get these changes
> included. Although the next paragraph after what I quoted is:
>
> > Our roadmap is that in Ubuntu 11.04, one year from now, there will be
> > no notification area. And in Ubuntu Netbook Edition, weâll remove it
> > even earlier, in 10.10. So if you develop an application that uses the
> > notification area, and you want the millions of Ubuntu users to be
> > able to use it, now is the time to change it.
>
> So there you go....
>
> --joanie
>
> [1] http://design.canonical.com/2010/04/notification-area/

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