Matthias: > Imo an approach like the one taken by Jon McCann in the new gdm a11y > dialog (see http://live.gnome.org/GDM/Screenshots ) is much more > straightforward and we should look at doing something similar inside > the session.
I agree that the new dialog is a big step forward. It is a good idea to provide a user-visible dialog where users can select the a11y programs they wish to run. However, this interface is lacking because many users with disabilities simply cannot navigate the GUI to begin with unless the a11y programs they need are already running. A chicken-and-egg problem. I know the new GDM does support the ability to always launch (autostart) additional programs, which can be used to start a11y programs along with GDM. This perhaps meets the needs of a single-user desktop. However, this doesn't work well on multi-user desktops or terminal server settings where some users may need text-to-speech, others may need magnification, and others might not need any additional a11y programs to be running. I think this "support a11y on multi-user servers for users who may have different a11y needs" is an important use case that should be addressed before a general solution be implemented into the GNOME desktop. Brian _______________________________________________ Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel
