Re: [orca-list] GUI Redesign or clearup and modernization

[Fernando Botelho <Fernando Botelho F123 org>]

I could not agree more. Any change to the UI design should not take away 
the ability to reach preferences with a single key combination, as 
today. nor the ability to use Orca on other GUIs ranging from Mate to 
XFCE and all the others.

Fernando


On 09/02/2015 02:55 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> Exactly...
> Just to be clear I am not expecting people to read the orca manual from start to finish before using the 
> program, but as CJ says, any screenreader
> requires one to learn a few key strokes, at least how to start and or restart it and how to access 
> prefference/ configuration menus.
>
> There is a valid point in saying that it is relatively mpre complex to open global settings center for the 
> OS/desktop and navigate to a given item
> compared to using a single keyboard shortcut to open configuration menus. I assume a keyboard shortcut would 
> be included by default that would open the
> orca prefs menu(s), no matter what form this or these take, so in most cases this is all accidemic.
> Again, what is not academic is how the relatively small minority of us who do not normally use  off the shelf 
> desktops would be able to use orca. How
> much extra infrastructure would we have to include just to be able to interact with orca prefs?
> The other question is portability. As it is we have a directory where our orca settings are easy to see. 
> Where would the actual schemas and keys live?
> Forgive my ignorance/maybe there are reasonably simnple solutions to resolve the issues I   bring up, but my 
> first take is that more poeple would be
> hurt than helped by doing away with orca's ability to stand alone in the sense being discussed.
> I'mn not sure what changes to the UI people have in mind, but I'll only say as I'm certainly n favor of 
> change that improves efficiency, but change for
> change's sake, or to "modernize" just because, is not going gto win many fans.
> What are the areas that bother people, or what do people think could or should be improved in the interface? 
> I can think of other ways to organize the
> interaction with orca prefs, but a quick analysis does  not make me think changes are likely to improve 
> things much. I'm always ready to be surprised
> and or proved wrong however, so bring on UI redesign ideas, but don't make it so I have to use gnome, or 
> gnomeor mate or else not use orca, please.
>