Hi, I would like to create a D-BUS based magnification API, but since some radical changes where introduced in the desktop due the X composite extension, and I'm not involved with the applications that use gnome-mag API, I would like to hear the community before present something.
First, I thought in develop a one-to-one map between the actual gnome-mag API[1] and this new API, but I think that some things don't need to go to the new API. I'm thinking in implement this new API inside the metacity compositor, so I don't think that the possibility to set the source and target display is something that must be addressed by this new API. If the user still want to use this feature, gnome-mag can be used. I also would like to now if someone have interest in the concept of an 'unmanaged' zoom region; that is, a zoom region that have content defined by the application using the API. Although this is something that is in gnome-mag API, I don't know if this is working. Maybe we can remove this from the new API. Today the mouse tracking mode is managed by clients applications, but appear that the AT developers would like to see this feature moved inside the magnifier. I don't see problems with this, but I think that we must also maintaim the possibility to also control the mouse tracking logic by external ATs, since these applications track more information about the environment and can alter this mouse tracking logic. I also read some stuff about the eZoom plugin for compiz-fusion and some of it's API [2]. I would like to know if someone of they must be in this new API? I saw some interesting comments about users that would like that what they are typing be in the center of the magnification window. This doesn't appear to be difficult to use in the actual gnome-mag API. This just appear to be the same logic to track the mouse in the center of the magnifier window. I also would like to hear comments from users and ATs developers what are the features that they miss in free software/open source magnifiers. Best regards, Carlos. [1] http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-mag/trunk/idl/GNOME_Magnifier.idl?view=markup [2] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-devel/2007-August/msg00014.html _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
