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



I suspect you're right, although I'm not sure it's always the case that
more distros supporting a desktop equates to more accessibility people
working on it.

On 10/05/12 13:34, Alex Midence wrote:
I personally wouldn't be surprised if Gnome shell keeps making big
strides in accessibility as compared to Unity 3d if for no other
reason that there are more people working on it since it is in use by
a larger community.  Only Ubuntu uses Unity.  Compare that to how many
distros use gnome and will use Gnome shell.  And, don't count out KDE.
 They are coming along nicely.

Alex M


On 5/10/12, Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com> wrote:
On 10/05/12 12:10, Thomas Ward wrote:
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.

I don't know which desktop will end up being the best long term option
for a VI Linux user, but I wouldn't count out Unity 3D. With Luke and
others from the Ubuntu Accessibility community working on it, I'm
confident it'll be accessible long before 14.04 and before Unity 2D
stops being an option. I don't think there are any more guarantees that
Gnome 3.6 or Gnome 3.8 will be any more accessible than Unity 3D. My
hope is that they're both equally accessible, and we'll just have that
many more options.

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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