On 22 February 2010 05:27, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually think Gnome accessibility efforts are remarkably successful, given > the limited resources available and the nature of the problems that need to be > solved.
+1000 > If user > interfaces, including the free software/open-source community, are headed > toward an era in which a descendant of what we today call a "Web browser" > becomes the desktop, then what would make most sense is a Javascript-based > "assistive technology" (for want of a better term, that can process > user interfaces built on Web technologies, and which is fully integrated into > the extensible browsing environment. I think this is worth closely watching. W3C widgets may also play an important role. It gives us a chance to ensure accessibility is built into the next incumbent platform and 'the apps' that run on it. One thing I recently realised we''ll need is more flexible/extensible events. -- Steve Lee OSS Watch - supporting open source in education and research http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
