Re: [orca-list] interfaces in ubuntu

["Milton" <milton tomaatnet nl>]

I use Unity 2D and Orca 3.4.2, for the last 4 weeks at least I did not have 
trouble with the metacity thing.
Milton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1978 gmail com>
To: "orca-list" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] interfaces in ubuntu


> Hi Andrea,
>
> Right now the most accessible graphical user interface for Ubuntu
> users is Unity 2D. As of Ubuntu 12.04 most of the accessibility issues
> with Unity 2D have been resolved and it is a fairly decent and
> accessible graphical user environment for those wishing to use Orca.
>
> However, Gnome Shell 3.4 isn't bad accessibility wise. I use Gnome
> Shell myself, its got its accessibility issues, but it is functional
> from an accessibility standpoint. So it is at least worth considering.
>
> As to weather Unity 2D or Gnome 3.4 is better that is a personal
> choice. As I said if accessibility isyour number one goal than Unity
> 2D would serve you better. If long term support and a more universal
> interface is your goal than Gnome Shell is a better choice because
> Unity 2D is slated to be scrapped and come Ubuntu 12.10 you'll
> probably want to use Gnome until the 3d version of Unity is as
> accessible as Gnome or Unity 2D.
>
> As for the bug with Metacity I have no idea why someone hasn't fixed
> that one yet. That bug is extremely annoying, and for that reason
> alone I've strongly considered going back to a prior release for my
> personal use until someone fixes that bug. It makes Ubuntu 12.04
> difficult to work with.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> On 6/22/12, Andrea Roveretto <andrea andrearoveretto it> wrote:
> > Hello!
> > When I installed ubuntu I think the default graphic environment is unity.
> > but there is also a unity 2d and a 3 d too...
> > But you can use gnome too...
> > so what is the best choice at the moment? is it just a point of personal
> > taste for one or the other?
> > I must say I don't feel so much for the default graphical environment so 
> > I
> > would like to try something else...
> >
> > another question.
> > I am suffering from the ubuntu bug of metacity deleting important 
> > keystrokes
> > like alt+f4 and so on... I delete che script dir of metacity and 
> > weverything
> > comes back to normal, but when some update3 is installed I have to delete
> > the dir again.... well I can live with it, but my question is: how comes 
> > no
> > one corrected this bug yet? I thiught in a project like ubuntu relatively
> > severe problems got corrected quite soon?
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