Re: [orca-list] What the actual status with GNOME Shell 3.2 accessibility support?

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

It seems to me like the GNOME developers forged ahead in big ways with
GNOME 3 and dappeared to disregard impacts on accessibility.  Ever
since gnome 3 came out, there have been numerous issues with this and
that being broken.  From my vantage point, it seems like Orca has
slipped backward in a big way because of these fundamental changes.
This doesn't mean anything negative to our Orca developers but gnome
over all seems to move in multiple directions and not care about the
impacts.  It's like too many changes at once.

I'm open to hear corrective comments in case I'm wrong but this is my
perception and from what I'm seeing with GNOME 3.2, little progress is
showing up in my environment.


On 10/13/11, Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com> wrote:
> On 10/13/2011 08:08 AM, Hammer Attila wrote:
> > Hy,
>
> Hi, GNOME-Shell 3.2 support with Orca is limited, but about your
> specific concerns.
>
> > I tryed GNOME Shell 3.2, but I perhaps I using wrong with new GNOME
> > Shell with Orca.
> > If I press for example Alt+F1 key, I only hear "Owerview" text if I
> > remember right, and not see any menu items, for example I impossible
> > to access awailable applications.
>
> When you go to the Overview, you don't get initially a list of
> applications, as the initial view is Windows. You could do the next:
>   * Start to write: a filtered list is started to be created. You can
> use up and down arrows to navigate
>   * Ctrl+Alt+Tab: in order to move to a different panel, ane select
> applications. This open "all applications", and you can navigate as before.
>
> > If I try mowing panels to use for example activities part and
> > navigating panel components with TAB or SHIFT+TAB key, I only hear
> > "Panel" text with lot of objects.
>
> Panel requires more work:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634016
>
> Specifically related with roles:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648598
>
> > I doing anything wrong? Sorry the possible beginner questions, but I
> > not known GNOME shell usage tips and tricks for a11y related, but very
> > interesting the new interface.
>
> GNOME Shell ATK (so Orca) support is still in progress.
>
> > I looked GNOME Shell 3.2 version with my Ubuntu Oneiric system,
> > perhaps other distributions this type issues is not happening? Anybody
> > using GNOME Shell with Orca 3.2?
>
> The user experience with be similar in other distro.
>
> Thanks for testing.
>
> BR
>
> --
> Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias
>
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