Re: [orca-list] introducing a new accessible desktop, cinnamon

[kk <krmane gmail com>]

This is just awsome.
I will try it in a day or two.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.


On Friday 19 June 2015 03:10 PM, kendell clark wrote:
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> hi all
> I've been playing with the cinnamon desktop from linux mint and I'm
> completely impressed. It takes what gnome has done right and makes it
> even better. To avoid sounding like a sales pitch, I'll mention some
> of the issues it still has with orca, so they can be fixed. The alt
> tab switcher doesn't read. This might need a simple mapping to
> gnome-shell, not sure. The cinnamon menu doesn't read. It will
> announce the item count, but can't get at the items. Contrary to
> everything I've heard about linux mint, they do in fact support
> accessibility. There's an accessibility section in their control panel
> and it seems to work as advertised, although I'm still not done
> playing with the settings. Orca says "not selected" after items in the
> control panel, desktop and in the file manager, but all those do read
> just fine. Joanie, I know you're busy, but would you mind taking a
> look at cinnamon when you get a chance? Maybe download a linux mint
> and look at it in accerciser? When you get a chance, this is not at
> all vital, just when you have some time. I'm going to also get in
> touch with the mint people to see if they can improve accessibility on
> their end. If all goes well, I'm going to add a cinnamon edition of
> sonar, once I run it by my co developers.
> Thanks
> Kendell clark
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