On 10/24/2008 3:19 PM, Willie Walker wrote:
BTW, I'm not sure about the details of what the Gecko
implementation does, but it would surprise me if it *always* loaded the
accessibility modules regardless of the gconf setting.
Afaik we do just use the gconf setting, which is the problem. Then we
Mario, on Windows we use lazy instantiation. There is no need for an
"enable a11y" flag in the OS. Just the fact that something asks us for
an accessible object wakes us up. We get a WM_GETOBJECT event -- and
before that a11y is not loaded.
We really need lazy instantiation like that under Gno
What's the audience going to be like? Completely new to accessibility?
If so there is a lot to cover. It's important to describe how different
kinds of disabilities affect using GNOME. Then you could cover some of
the end user features. Where can individual developers make a difference
as they
I have project ideas here, for anyone, not only Project:Possiiblity.
From my point of view it's better to put the ideas in the public space
so anyone can take them.
http://accessgarage.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/bite-size-projects-for-open-web-a11y/
On the Gnome side there are 2 pages:
1. http://
Hi David,
For organization how about:
Basics of Web 2.0 Accessibility
Keyboard navigation
Semantics with WAI-ARIA
Dealing with high contrast themes
JavaScript Widget Accessibility Tutorials
Checkbox
Slider
AJAX Accessibility
Live region introduction
Chat example
Sco
We need to get some movers and shakers in the industry (VARs, rehab
specialists, etc.) excited about what the open source community has.
They will be our harshest critics and greatest evangelists. Many of them
come to CSUN.
The traditional CSUN "talk" is interesting but no one leaves feeling
l
I agree that getting people to do their assigned tasks might be easier
if there is a weekly meeting to report to.
Perhaps the balance we're addressing here is: focus vs. openness. Every
community has to deal with that.
Does anyone have experience with a group that did it particularly well?
- A
Okay, since so many people are interested, I have to play devil's
advocate now.
What is the advantage of having a steering committee vs. just using the
mailing list? If there's a committee then by its very nature it is more
closed, and some people are left out. There will always be someone
des
I suggest seeking representation for alternative input issues.
- Aaron
Brian Cameron wrote:
> The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors recognizes the importance
> of Accessibility in the GNOME desktop. To help foster a more
> clear and positive vision, the board thinks it would be helpful
> to fo
Hi Janina, please report this at bugzilla.mozilla.org
If you file it with the component Disability access we will see it.
- Aaron
Janina Sajka wrote:
> A bug that had been fixed late in the Alpha cycle is back in the Firefox
> 3 Beta. Please pardon if I should be reporting this elsewhere--in fac
Please, I'd also like this information.
- Aaron
Willie Walker wrote:
> Olaf - do you have a pointer to the work being done by Trolltech?
>
> Will
>
> On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 17:49 +0200, Olaf Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> The KDE developer Gary Cramblitt made proof-of-concept code for a D-Bus
hat if you have Orca or FreeTTS running, then getting Fire Vox
to run shouldn't be a problem. Otherwise you may have issues getting the
text to speech to work.
I think it would be great if people give Fire Vox a try and tell the
list how it goes.
- Aaron
Aaron Leventhal wrote:
> For
For browsing on Linux, people can try the Fire Vox
extension. I've CC'd
the author, Charles Chen, who can help with any questions.
Note, I haven't heard any feedback on how well it works. A
few people
should give it a try and let the list know if it helps them.
It's
possible to redefine the key
Even if you can't specify something, saying what the best practices are,
or explaining where there is more/less flexibility helps everyone.
- Aaron
Peter Parente wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response, Bill. More comments below.
>
>
>>> which interfaces should be implemented (though this may
Works for me.
Willie Walker wrote:
> Everyone:
>
> While we can still keep the agenda (please add your ideas to
> http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006/AccessibilitySummit) in a rather
> dynamic state for the next few weeks, I think we need to nail down the
> day that this happens. Part of the reaso
ier this year to center on Firefox 3 as our
>>> primary focus for web accessibility.
>>>
>>> You and the extended Firefox 3 teams from Sun and IBM have been very
>>> busy this summer revamping the Firefox 3 AT-SPI infrastructure (thank
>>> you!). The
> you!). The October time frame seems like a good time to share our
> experiences after we have a chance to take this new infrastructure for a
> test ride.
>
> Will
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 11:31 -0400, Aaron Leventhal wrote:
>
>> What is the exact day for
What is the exact day for it? I only see "one day event" here:
http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006/AccessibilitySummit
I want to try and have a Mozilla hack fest tacked on to it as well, for
a few days of coding together. Anyone who works on Mozilla or on an AT
hooking into Mozilla is invited -- a
Great idea. Mozilla can send one or two people. I can be there.
- Aaron
Jeff Waugh wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The Boston Summit [1] is coming up in early October, and I thought it might
> be a good chance to bring together everyone working on GNOME accessibility,
> to talk through common goals, di
Work is progressing on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340829
This is a major rewrite which will remove nsAccessibleText,
nsAcessibleEditableText and nsAccessibleHyperText classes, and move that
code into a new cross platform class called nsHyperTextAccessible.
Please be informed t
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