Well, if you mean the integration of all the tools in an out of the box installed product, it's certainly there on Linux for many users. The a11y use case has also been demonstrated by small distro knockoffs like Vinux.
It's not there, however, at the level that you can head over to Best Buy and come with a working Linux desktop system. So, it's always possible you will fail over driver issues and the like. Each to their own, of course. But my main machine remains a Linux, currently Fedora 23. I turn to my Mac to see how things work elsewhere by way of comparison. Ditto for my Windows vm. I will freely admit there are particular niche tasks I can't do on my Linux box. But they are few. I 'm perfectly happy with the bulk of what I need daily, email, web, etc. And, in case your curious, I still spend more time in Speakup than in Orca. Given what I'm seeing by way of a11y API development, I frankly expect blink related a11y to actually take the lead. Microsoft have barely started implementing an API for UI Automation, but they've declared the DOM dead. Look out JAWS. And Apple won't even let you peek at the OSX accessibility API--not even if you're a big, stock market listed third party vendor. Janina Sabahattin Gucukoglu writes: > Hi Janina > > My point was really more that the integration was non-existent. Of course we > know how it’s done because we have the knowledge to suss it all out, but Mac > and Windows users don’t even have the worry of learning. I think VMWare made > an important decision to allow distributors to bundle their tools, but > unfortunately they can no longer depend on providing support or clear > guidance on how to use them—that’s the overall curse of Linux and the reason > why the Mac is the alternative to Windows for commercially developed and > distributed software. > > Which is not to say I want Linux to fail. My experience, though, says it’s > not practical for me. At least, not until Firefox is usable and isn’t > constantly being broken. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net Email: jan...@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
