Re: [orca-list] What Orca will do was Re: What's standard? was: Re: date and time keybindings

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

Hey Michael.

On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 18:24 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> Lots of good stuff, probably worth the longer message. One thing I also 
> think should be considered as well is: What will the impact be on 
> current users? IE. Does it mean altering current behaviour/keybindings 
> in orca?

You raise a very important point. Thank you. Yes, that will also need to
be part of the new "rule".

To summarize, the rules for accepting a new keybinding are now:

Option 1: The proposed keybinding "makes sense".

* It is discoverable and memorable, in and of itself (i.e. imagining   
  that no other screen reader has such a feature)

* It is physically easy to execute in both of Orca's keyboard layouts 
  (i.e. Desktop and Laptop).

* It does not alter the current behavior/keybindings in Orca. (see 
  Option 2 for cases where it does.

Option 2: The proposed keybinding (along with any necessary associated
changes to Orca) is overwhelmingly supported by the community.

Other things which should be part of the new "rule"?

--joanie