Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-05 Thread Matt Wheeler
On 6 January 2012 01:31, Bartosz wrote: > Hi. > > My friend has a big vision impairment. > In every day computer usage he is using Windows 7 with big fonts. He is using > computer for checking the mail (thunderbird), web browsing (firefox), and > watching the movies (vlc player) > > I convinced

[Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-05 Thread Bartosz
Hi. My friend has a big vision impairment. In every day computer usage he is using Windows 7 with big fonts. He is using computer for checking the mail (thunderbird), web browsing (firefox), and watching the movies (vlc player) I convinced him to test the Ubuntu for two weeks, and tell me his

Re: [Ayatana] Unity's Scope

2012-01-05 Thread davidc
On 05.01.2012 15:35, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On 01/05/2012 11:08 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: I had this same question on Tuesday, because I was specifying how packaged lenses and scopes should be presented in Ubuntu Software Center. At a stretch, people might be expected to learn what the "Dash

Re: [Ayatana] Unity's Scope

2012-01-05 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On 01/05/2012 11:08 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: I had this same question on Tuesday, because I was specifying how packaged lenses and scopes should be presented in Ubuntu Software Center. At a stretch, people might be expected to learn what the "Dash" is. But "lenses" and "scopes" are develope

Re: [Ayatana] Unity's Scope

2012-01-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Meek wrote on 05/01/12 04:29: > > In a recent discussion on Google+ Cassidy James (of elementary > fame) was asking just what defines a scope or lense on Unity. There > is no real set guideline for what they are or should do. > > To me, Unit

Re: [Ayatana] Unity's Scope

2012-01-05 Thread Jonathan Meek
Thank you for the prompt response. I was not aware of the site prior to now and this will be nice to have on hand. On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:17 AM, John Lea wrote: > *Hi Jonathan, > > Thanks for bringing the up. There is a brief definition at the top of the > Lens documentation ( * https://wiki.

Re: [Ayatana] Unity's Scope

2012-01-05 Thread John Lea
*Hi Jonathan, Thanks for bringing the up. There is a brief definition at the top of the Lens documentation ( * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Lenses ). Another summery of the Dash is: * "The Dash aims to provide a lightweight, instant and easy means to browse and retrieve content. The Dash i