On 01/06/2012 04:55 PM, Christian Hofstader wrote: > "Sometimes accessibility lags behind…" is an accurate statement. My question > is why Gnome Foundation would consider a11y issues to have a priority lower > than any other feature of the software. By permitting a11y to "lag behind" > other features, it is effectively put on the back burner and will require > a11y hackers to try to retrofit access in a most inconvenient manners.
I just want to confirm that GNOME Foundation was always supportive to the Accessibility team. Examples: * We had 2 accessibility hackfests on 2010, one in 2011 and in January 2012 we will have another one. Those hackfests were and are possible thanks to the Foundation and Travel Committee support. * They keep contacting companies in an attempt to support accessibility. For example Mozilla foundation. * They personally (people like Stormy Peters, Karen Sandler, Brian Cameron) asks now and then if they can do something to help us. * This Friends of GNOME Campaign is the last example of GNOME Foundation support. * etc I don't want to sound harsh, but your "why..." question is somewhat unfair. > > Also, allowing a11y to lag makes my job really hard. I'm trying to convince > all sorts of groups to use free software and that free software a11y is good > enough to use full time. I'm also trying to convince people that the free > software community cares about a11y but the consumers see little evidence to > this fact. As I said they are helping to improve the development of the accessibility support. "allowing a11y to lag" is not the proper term here. BR -- Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
