Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Placated?  No, we weren't placated.  We were told that's how it was going to
be and we could suck it up til 14.04.  I heard you work for Cannonical which
makes sense since you are extremely quick to defend Ubuntu any time anyone
speaks against it.  If this is the case, would you very kindly answer the
million dollar question which was the entire point of my prior message:

Will 14.04 be accessible now that it's going to be qt-based or not?  If not,
when do you anticipate an accessible port of Unity?

Oh, and just so you know, my message wasn't trying to be inflammatory.  I
*was* being a bit snarky but, I happen to live in a free country where such
things are allowed.  I was far more concerned with whether or not I should
project trying to come back to Ubuntu in April of next year or not.  You
see, I happen to be that very odd thing called a fan.  I follow them on
Twitter, I like them on facebook, I read about them online and I have even
hauled off and told my friends about them as a nice way to learn about
Linux.  So quit hair splitting and answer the question if you can, please.

Thank you.
Alex M



-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 2:58 PM
To: Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List
Cc: vinux-support googlegroups com; orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu Unity Desktop to go to Mir and QT

Unity 2D was pulled from Ubuntu 12.10 and not Ubuntu 12.04. The plan to
focus accessibility efforts in Ubuntu on the LTS releases was meant to
provide the best accessibility solution with the resources available. 
This was a transparent decision made with the best information at the time.
Obviously, desktop plans have changed since then. This was not a statement
or move just to placate blind Ubuntu users as your message implies.

On 07/23/2013 01:23 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> It looks like Ubuntu's Unity desktop will be switching to QT/QML in 
> the near future.  It looks like they'll be using QT5.  Does anyone 
> know the current state of accessibility for qt5 or QML?  We were all 
> disappointed to find out that Unity 2d was discontinued in Ubuntu 
> 12.04 and it is believed that Ubuntu 14.04 would continue it's 
> wonderfully accessible legacy.  This was supposed to soothe our 
> ruffled feathers when 12.10 and
> 13.04 came out with Unity 3d only which was not as accessible.  Well, 
> now, I am curious to know if the timetable for that level of 
> accessibility in a Ubuntu desktop will need to be pushed back even 
> more in light of this development.  Please see link below:
>
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/unity-next-project-announced
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex M
>
>
>
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