Re: [orca-list] [Fwd: Default button of Orca]

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
Yes that sounds like my preferred idea. I believe it is possible to have 
a caret in a text box which is read only and so the user could read with 
arrow keys. To move to the other buttons, I think pressing tab will get 
the user out of the text box and on to the buttons. Exactly what should 
be in this "Introductory information box" is still to be determined but 
it should include basic navigation of window controls and the help 
system so the user can get more detailed information.

Something mentioned by someone else raised another idea in my mind. I 
think it was Steve who suggested a set of tips on start up, may be that 
could be added and then there might be a question in the initial set up 
"Do you want tips on start of orca? This is recommended for those who 
are new to orca as these will provide basic getting started information. 
Y/N". This also feels like an acceptable solution to me as well, as the 
distros I use normally I am going through initial set up and so by 
answering no to that question I am not bothered by something so basic I 
don't need. Those distros which provide configurations for orca (eg. 
like ubuntu seems to for the accessible install) could choose whether 
that configuration should have tips enabled if they feel it is 
appropriate for their users.

I think this is just proving to me that it is important that what is 
needed is considered, rather than just suggesting a solution. The 
original proposal (solution) put forward was unacceptable to me as it 
negatively impacts on existing experienced users, but other solutions 
serving the same purpose may work better for the beginner as well as not 
inconveniencing existing users.

Sorry for that last bit, I am coming to the end of a course on 
requirements engineering, and the idea of requirements not solutions is 
something I have really taken up, mainly because it seems right.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Hammer Attila wrote:
> Hy Michael,
>
> So you better prefer a single text box with focused when Orca main 
> window is present, with containing the basic need limited known Orca 
> informations: How can possible navigating the controls on a dialog, 
> how can possible navigating the help topics etc?
> If I understand right your first letter, you would like a read-only 
> editbox with containing this informations. I don't no how can possible 
> enabling the caret navigation of the read-only edit box by default. If 
> this is not resolvable, when a beginner user try reading the content 
> text box content for arrow keys, Orca nothing spoken.
>
> Attila