Re: [orca-list] Chromium: Not there yet, but making progress!

[Tom Masterson <kd7cyu gmail com>]

Now if we could just convince companies t bake accessibility i a the beginning rather than retrofitting thing 
would be easier.

Tom

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> On Mar 20, 2019, at 11:03, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com> wrote:
>
> Yes, it is a lot of work -- much of it being done by my colleagues at
> Igalia with the support of Google's accessibility developers. It takes a
> village to make an accessible user agent. :)
>
> > On 3/20/19 1:20 PM, Al Sten-Clanton via orca-list wrote:
> > Joanie, thank you very much for your work on what I gather must be a
> > formidable job.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Joanmarie
> > Diggs
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:10 PM
> > To: Orca List <orca-list gnome org>
> > Subject: [orca-list] Chromium: Not there yet, but making progress!
> >
> > Hey all.
> >
> > I promised to update you on the progress being made to make Chromium
> > accessible via Orca. Structural navigation and *basic* access to static text
> > content are now possible. Some widgets are also now accessible.
> > That's the good news.
> >
> > That said, please note that there's still a ton that does *not* work
> > (including text inputs, live regions, complex navigation, text selection,
> > etc., etc., etc.). Therefore, I'm *not* ready for user testing yet.
> > Furthermore, in order to get the stuff that does work, you would have to
> > build Chromium from source (which is not a trivial task in time or in
> > effort).
> >
> > I promise to tell you when I *am* ready for user testing, and at that time,
> > I will also tell you what you will need to do to perform said testing. In
> > the meantime, please know that real progress is finally being made. It is my
> > hope that Orca 3.34 + Chromium Unstable will be a combination you all can
> > use when GNOME 3.34 ships.
> >
> > Onward and upward!
> > --joanie
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