Re: Communicating to users what GNOME 3.0 is

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi All:

> The accessibility changes are big - and as it's a core component of
> GNOME (accessible to all) there's probably a lot more we could be doing
> around it.  (I'm not an expert on accessibility in any way, shape or 
> form).

I use the phrase "the perfect storm" when it comes to the a11y work for 
GNOME 3: bonobo deprecation, WebKit, and GNOME Shell are all difficult 
challenges when it comes to accessibility.

However, to put a positive spin on it...

1) The move away from Bonobo/CORBA to D-Bus lays the foundation for 
GNOME accessibility to be available on more devices.  It also provides 
a common infrastructure that can be used by KDE -- if things go well, 
people will be able to access KDE GUI's using GNOME assistive 
technologies.  This will give them access they've never had before.

2) We're hoping to improve the out of the box experience for setting up 
"Universal Access" preferences - 
http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility/NewPreferencesGUI.  This will make 
the GNOME desktop more approachable to a larger number of people.

3) The work with http://live.gnome.org/Caribou will provide tighter 
mouse-only integration with the desktop, helping people with 
disabilities as well as touch-screen users.

4) The better integration with GDM will provide an easier way to set up 
accessible login.

Will