> > cox: In my opinion, the separation of responsibilities is the main reason > for lack of a11y progress in GTK. If any of the wonderful people > working on a11y that we are both fans of were able to commit patches > to GTK, the issues would have been resolved years ago. > cdh: Can Brian or someone related to Gnome Foundation explain the process for getting a11y fixes upstream? As Bill says and I agree that a bunch of a11y volunteers would be interested in making changes to GTK+ if they had confidence that their remedies would make it into the main branch.
cdh: Is there a document describing the process for volunteer hackers to ensure that their fixes, once approved, make it upstream? > cox: Because several e-mails on this topic have attacked my emotional > response to my patch to pixmap objects being rejected, I want to > explain my philosophy about GUI objects and a11y. If an object is > going to be displayed on the screen, I feel extremely strongly that > the programmer using that object should have the opportunity to attach > a text description to that object. Not only does pixmap not allow > this, but GTK uses pixmap objects in all lists, tables, and tree > displays, which is why no icon in any list, table, or tree in any > single GTK program says anything other than "icon". Any programmer > who takes the time to examine how GTK programs are typically written > can come to any conclusion other than pixmap objects are a fundamental > core object, used just about everywhere, and that the programmers > using them are not to blame for not making accessible descriptions. > GTK doesn't allow it. > cdh: I would take this a step further and say that GTK+ should not just support but require text descriptions for all UI objects. Sure, a programmer can put nonsense in the text description field but, as users get nothing better than nonsense now, any programmers who added any text descriptions whatsoever would be a win. Happy Hacking, cdh _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel
