Re: [orca-list] Jira

[Jann Schneider <jann schneider googlemail com>]

thanks Kendell. Even sharing ideas is helpful! I will talk to our Jira
admin and see what we can change.

Yes, greasemonkey might as well be an option.. I'll check that, too.

Thanks
- Jann

2016-03-24 12:56 GMT+01:00, kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>:
> hi
> This is just an option, but are there maybe any greasemonkey scripts
> available for jira? Greasemonkey is a sort of firefox addon written in
> java script to improve accessibility of websites and things by adding
> labels to things that don't have them, or making the site easier to
> navigate by removing clutter. I don't know if an enterprise edition of
> jira would have anything like this but it's an option. I'd first try
> installing the openjdk7 stuff in addition to the 8, just in case that
> helps. I wish I could be of more help but I don't know a whole lot about
> java.
> Thanks
> Kendell Clark
>
>
> Jann Schneider wrote:
> > Hi Kendell,
> >
> > yes this is an enterprise edition. But i am not sure about the
> > differences to the opensource one.
> >
> > I'm not sure about the java-atk-wrapper: is it possible to tell
> > firefox what java installation to use? Currently i'm just using JDK
> > 1.8 but if it would help i would of course just install the 1.7 stuff
> > and build the atk-wrapper into it.
> >
> > But maybe we can already make things simpler by reconfiguring the ui.
> > There are a lot of "remove gadget" or "edit gadget" widgets, so maybe
> > this would be an option, too. Well i cannot reconfigure it myselve but
> > our Jira Admin would assist with these things..
> >
> > - Jann
> >
> > 2016-03-24 12:24 GMT+01:00, kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>:
> > > hi
> > > Is this jira open source? I ask because just in case joanie can't fix
> > > the problems you could get the bugs fixed upstream. I'd prefer the
> > > problems get fixed in orca though, and for a good reason. Your company
> > > might not want to or be able to update their copy of jira to fix the
> > > accessibility bugs, but you can easily update orca if these problems get
> > > fixed. As an added suggestion, have you tried installing the
> > > java-access-bridge package? This package exists in arch, and should in
> > > other distributions, but I'm not certain about this. Also try installing
> > > the java-atk-wrapper. I don't know if this will fix all of the problems
> > > but it might help, since you say your company uses a lot of java.
> > > Thanks
> > > Kendell Clark
> > >
> > >
> > > Jann Schneider wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > i'm just wondering if anyone could give me some hints how to make jira
> > > > more accessible for Orca. I have to use Jira at work and there are
> > > > many situations where the accessibility is very limited. They are
> > > > using a lot of dynamic javascript dialogs and stuff (i guess) that
> > > > might be problematic.
> > > >
> > > > Some examples for problematic parts:
> > > > - when typing into a text widget and a proposal list is provided i'm
> > > > not able to get to it
> > > > -- e.g. if you want to add a watcher or pick a version etc..
> > > > - a lot of buttons are just not spoken by Orca
> > > > -- e.g. in project administration -> user management or roles or
> > > > versions
> > > > etc..
> > > > - Some links would provide a kind of sub-menu but it isn't possible to
> > > > activate it via the keyboard
> > > > -- e.g. when editing an issue there is a "more" button at the top of
> > > > the issue that would provide - well - more options :-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > In order to make things simpler i tried to use the Eclipse Plugin.
> > > > Unfortunately this is also partly accessible. As a next step i thought
> > > > about some little python scripts or similar stuff but i just wanted to
> > > > ask if there are any known hacks or solutions i'm just not aware of.
> > > >
> > > > btw. i'm talking about Jira Version 6.2.x and don't know if this has
> > > > changed in newer releases. In the past each new version introduced new
> > > > accessibility issues instead of fixing them..
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > - Jann
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> > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org