Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu 12.10 and beyond, Unity 2D will no longer be maintained.

[Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com>]

Yes, and untill then, we at least have Unity 2D on Ubuntu 12.04.
A person like me would hardly upgrade for a year on an average.
I do have machines for testing new stuff, but my main machine I am sure 
will run Unity 2D till at least Ubuntu 13.04, untill which we might have 
a fairly accessible gnome shell.
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On 05/11/2012 12:40 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hi Krishnakant,
>
> Well, obviously I don't know exactly when the top panel, Dash, etc
> will become fully accessible in Gnome Shell, but I do agree that would
> be putting the final touches on it for accessibility. I'm sure we will
> see some of this between now and say the time Ubuntu 14 is released.
> I've seen huge strides in accessibility  between Gnome Shell 3.0 and
> Gnome Shell 3.4 in just this past year. In another year from now Gnome
> Shell 3.8 could be just as accessible as Unity 2D. Give it two years
> and I dout we will have much to complain about if the Gnome Shell devs
> stay on top of things. :D
>
> In any case I really feel Gnome Shell will be the best long term
> option for a VI Linux user. No one knows exactly when KDE  willcatch
> up with accessibility, Unity 2D is getting canned, and Unity 3D may or
> may not be fully accessible by the next LTS release. For users of
> Fedora, Arch, Debian, etc I see Gnome Shell as being a part of their
> future as well.
>
> On 5/10/12, Krishnakant Mane<krmane gmail com>  wrote:
> > Hi Thomas,
> > Might I add, while Unity 2d is really good and it has personally not
> > been a bad experience for me with crashes and all, I see Gnome shell as
> > a long term choice.
> > I just need to know if we will or are likely to have any support to
> > access the launcher menu like the one in Unity 2D?
> > In any case, shortcut keys are good choice, but making the top panel
> > accessible and having the launcher menu accessible will be the final
> > touch to make Gnome shell compelling in terms of accessibility.
> > Happy hacking.
> > Krishnakant.
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