On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 15:44 -0400, Bill Cox wrote: > Hi, Bryen. You're question is a good one. The answer is simple: We > need Vinux because it enables us to increase the rate of improvement > of accessibility in all the major Linux distros. > > We're making real progress with Vinux, and we're feeding our > improvements as rapidly upstream as they will take them. For example, > if you have a reasonably new Firefox (say 3.6 or newer), chances are > it's accessibility is fairly poor. We've fixed the worst bug over in > Vinux land, and a patch is waiting for review at Mozilla. In the > meantime, Vinux users have had the patch for a month, and we've moved > onto tracking down the next bug. We've also made cell_renderer_pixbuf > more accessible, and vinux testers can actually use Synaptic. > > Having a critical mass of visually impaired developers working > together can enable us to fix today's problems, with time left over to > make improvements. We don't have to wait for upstream release cycles > to move forward. It's all about rapid progress. Accessibility comes > first, and we don't accept excuses for slowing down. > > Bill
This is good to know and highlights the value of such a spinoff for upstream benefit. So my next question is, do you coordinate well with other a11y spinoffs? For example, I saw a Portuguese language based A11y spinoff based on Ubuntu last week. Is there communication going on with the different spinoffs? Bryen _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
