Re: [orca-list] the sonar project is switching distributions

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

can lynx be used her with the * command once the page is opened to 
access those links?

On Fri, 20 Jan 2017, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:

> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:43:44
> From: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>
> To: kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] the sonar project is switching distributions
>
> Hey Kendell.
>
> So looking at the Antergos page, I noticed that the "Download" link only
> appears on screen if the browser window is extremely wide or you make
> the text extremely small. When I don't do either of those two things, it
> switches to "mobile" display. In mobile display, there's a not-very
> accessible menu that you can click on, but which doesn't seem to expose
> the action for us to know it's a clickable. And that not
> very-accessible, non-menu, non-clickable is where the row of links
> deemed to "not fit" wind up. Orca does not include hidden items in
> structural navigation because it doesn't know why they are hidden, it
> cannot synthesize clicks on hidden items, it cannot move you to hidden
> items, etc. I'm guessing that NVDA allows you to try. Alternatively,
> maybe your browser window in linux and your browser window in Windows
> are sized in such a way that in Windows the row of links you want fits;
> but in Linux it doesn't. Anyhoo, try maximizing your browser window. And
> if that's not sufficient, try reducing the font size. In Firefox you can
> do that quickly with Ctrl minus/dash (and you can then restore it to
> what it was via Ctrl 0).
>
> HTH.
> --joanie
>
> On 01/19/2017 06:25 PM, kendell clark wrote:
> > hi all
> >
> > This is an announcement that the sonar project, myself, Kyle Brouhard,
> > and Mark Peveto have decided to switch the distribution we're based on,
> > from manjaro to antergos. We will maintain our link to manjaro though,
> > we're not severing everything, but we will be based on antergos from now
> > on.  Jonathan hasn't gotten back with us so we're not sure if we're
> > still going to be called sonar, or if we'll have to change  our name
> > since jonathan founded the project originally and controlls the website.
> > If we do end up changing names, we'll probably end up going with six
> > dots, which is the name of an experimental talking iso image antergos
> > started development on but never completed. I'll make sure to keep you
> > guys posted. This is largely because of manjaro's choice to go with a qt
> > based installer called calamares, which we've repeatedly tried to make
> > accessible and failed. The manjaro guys helpfully kept the older
> > installer around, but it's gotten unusable and they're unwilling and
> > usually unable to fix the bugs, so we have to switch to a distribution
> > that has an accessible installer. I want to personally thank the manjaro
> > guys for all their help, and make absolutely clear that we are not going
> > away from manjaro completely, and I will continue to provide package
> > updates to manjaro. This brings me to an issue I've been having with the
> > antergos website. I'm not at all sure what exactly is wrong with it, but
> > in orca stable, version 3.22.2, I can't seem to access a list of links,
> > or tab around the site to get to the links to download a copy of the
> > image. I had to boot into windows and use the NVDA screen reader to get
> > a copy. Would someone mind looking into this when you have time? This is
> > not critical at all. I'll also test out the new rolls that are added as
> > soon as I get antergos installed. I'll happily provide a debug log if
> > needed.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kendell Clark
>
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