Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-10-07 Thread Carlos Diógenes
Hi, Just FYI, http://blogs.gnome.org/carlosd/2007/10/07/compiz-output-as-magnifier-input/ Best regards, Carlos. 2007/9/6, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2007/9/4, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * Make the "unmanaged" zoom region concept work

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-09-06 Thread Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
2007/9/4, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Make the "unmanaged" zoom region concept work; I was think how this can be implemented and the only way that I can realize to do this is using shared memory. Maybe this is due my lack of CORBA knoweledge. Any tips about this? Be

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-09-04 Thread Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
Hi Peter, After reading lot's of messages (from 2005 to today) about the Metacity development, I don't think that the GNOME community want to switch Metacity due all the maintenance that it have and the good integration that it have with GNOME and I really don't want to start this discussion again

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Willie Walker
I'm not sure of the logistics of a phone in possibility. They ALWAYS are very difficult when there are a large number of people in one room and a few on the phone. In my experience, we can easily spend more time with getting the call set up and "I can't hear you" problems than we do actually bein

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Peter Korn
own GUI for those hardly ever used settings etc, but > have one place where the common settings can be easily accessed. > > HTH > > Ian > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter > Korn > Sent: 30 Augus

RE: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Ian Pascoe
nt: 30 August 2007 17:53 To: Willie Walker Cc: gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: D-BUS based magnification API Hi Willie, Carlos, gang, > ... > >>> Are you coming to GNOME Boston 2007? Magnification is one of the >>> critical things we want t

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
2007/8/30, Peter Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Willie, Carlos, gang, > > > ... > > > >>> Are you coming to GNOME Boston 2007? Magnification is one of the > >>> critical things we want to talk about for the accessibility summit. > >>> > >> Ow... it would be a dream :-), but I don't have passport a

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Peter Korn
Hi Willie, Carlos, gang, > ... > >>> Are you coming to GNOME Boston 2007? Magnification is one of the >>> critical things we want to talk about for the accessibility summit. >>> >> Ow... it would be a dream :-), but I don't have passport and don't >> have money, so no :-(, but I really

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Willie Walker
On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 15:14 -0300, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote: > > * Eliminating the Bonobo dependency from accessibility stuff in GNOME. > > Note that this doesn't necessarily equate to eliminating CORBA. > > I really have no idea how much impact this would cause. I learned only >

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-30 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
Peter Korn wrote: > Assume that without GL, we can have a magnifier of quality 5, and with > GL a magnifier of quality 10 (just an assumption for sake of argument, > please bear with me). Since GL now runs on even somewhat older video > hardware, and you can get a GL card for not much money if

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-29 Thread Peter Korn
Hi Carlos, >>> ... >> I would like to suggest more study of the Compiz option before making >> the decision to work with Metacity instead. While today it seems no >> desktop UNIX distro is prepared to replace Metacity with Compiz, it does >> appear that many (most? all?) are looking to have it as

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-29 Thread Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
Hi Peter, 2007/8/29, Peter Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Carlos, > > In two places you mention going with Metacity: > > > ... > > > >> * Understanding where the masses are going with respect the > >> composite extension manager. Is it metacity, compiz, something > >> else? Where/how does gn

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-29 Thread Li Yuan
The most use of Bonobo in A11Y infrastructure was activation before GNOME 2.18, although our idl are based on Bonobo::Unknown. In GNOME2.18 we change the way of activation, so we can remove Bonobo dependency because it is announced as "upcoming deprecation". And also, it creates the *possibility* o

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-29 Thread Peter Korn
Hi Carlos, In two places you mention going with Metacity: > ... > >> * Understanding where the masses are going with respect the >> composite extension manager. Is it metacity, compiz, something >> else? Where/how does gnome-mag fit in this new world? >> > > There was a big discussi

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-29 Thread Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes
Hi Willie, 2007/8/28, Willie Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Carlos: > > This is a very timely discussion to have since there are a bunch of > thoughts on many people's minds right now. These include the following: > > * Eliminating the Bonobo dependency from accessibility stuff in GNOME. > No

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-29 Thread Carlos Diógenes
Hi Eitan, 2007/8/28, Eitan Isaacson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Carlos, > > > I also would like to now if someone have interest in the concept of an > > 'unmanaged' zoom region; that is, a zoom region that have content > > defined by the application using the API. Although this is something > > that

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-28 Thread Peter Korn
Hi Carlos, There are several additional AT uses I've been part of discussions on that might inform your new API. One is for something like an on-screen scanning keyboard to scan in place -> to highlight regions of the screen, regions of a window, in order to allow a user who can only press a

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-28 Thread Ariel Rios
Willie et al, I was just thinking before actually reading this emai to write you (Willie) so we could restart this discussion so I can write a nice proposal for my next Mozilla grant proposal so I can possibly start working on this by next month or so. I will start writing a document and creatin

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-28 Thread Willie Walker
Hi Carlos: This is a very timely discussion to have since there are a bunch of thoughts on many people's minds right now. These include the following: * Eliminating the Bonobo dependency from accessibility stuff in GNOME. Note that this doesn't necessarily equate to eliminating CORBA. * Und

Re: D-BUS based magnification API

2007-08-28 Thread Eitan Isaacson
Hi Carlos, > I also would like to now if someone have interest in the concept of an > 'unmanaged' zoom region; that is, a zoom region that have content > defined by the application using the API. Although this is something > that is in gnome-mag API, I don't know if this is working. Maybe we > can