Re: [orca-list] Different desktop environments

[Timothy Hobbs <timothyhobbs seznam cz>]

Which is why everyone will just move back to emacs and emacspeak :D

Jason White pÃÅe v So 31. 12. 2011 v 01:39 +0100:
> Richard <rickfunes yahoo com> wrote:
> > Since XFCE was brought up, I don't have to do so again.  Is MATE the
> > Gnome 2 Fork a viable alternative for accessibility?  Since it is
> > included in Mint 12 as an option.  
>
> Note that Linux Mint developers have recently announced a fork of Gnome-shell;
> this is the practical consequence of their dissatisfaction with the Gnome 3
> user interface.
>
> There has always been a plurality of desktop environments and window managers
> in the Linux/Unix world. Recent events have only intensified this trend (we
> now have Ubuntu Unity, Gnome 3, and a fork of Gnome-shell, in addition to all
> of the pre-existing desktops - Gnome 2, XFCE, LXCE, KDE, etc.).
>
> We don't know which will thrive in the years to come.
>
> This is the larger context in which accessibility-related efforts now operate.
> It used to be the case that most popular distributions provided Gnome as the
> default, but Ubuntu and Linux Mint are now shifting elsewhere. Distributions
> are increasingly distinguishing themselves by which X11 desktop they offer as
> default and most strongly support.
>
> All of this is going to make accessibility even more interesting and
> challenging in 2012.
>
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