Re: [orca-list] RFP - Guadalinex a11y edition

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

On 06/10/2010 03:35 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> I'll just take this example.
>
> Michael Whapples, le Thu 10 Jun 2010 15:24:51 +0100, a écrit :
>    
> > Like wise, an icon to start Braille seems a little pointless
> > as how would a blind user visually find the icon (OK, may be a partially
> > sighted Braille user, but if they knew of the shortcut would they just press
> > the keys).
> >      
> But what about a sighted user (who knows not much about accessibility)
> who introduces another non-sighted user to Linux ? It'd still be good
> to have a simple clear icon to enable braille: "oh, there's braille
> support, let's try".
> Oh, how do I enable it by myself in the future? OK, I am possibly arguing the point. I see logic in what you 
> say and it was something I tried to mention is if a mode is removed then it must be explored well. I guess 
> the other argument for not having the icon is to protect against the reason we have orca main window enabled 
> by default, protect against curiosity (Braille may be is a poor example here, but you possibly want to 
> protect against where user interaction is altered).
>    

Michael Whapples

> It's probably simpler to just have the same lists, and not try to
> exclude anything just because we can't imagine a scenario. We might just
> lack imagination, you know :)
>
> Samuel
>