Rant about accessibility testing

[Storm Dragon]

Hi,
Does Gnome have a development email list? Seems like maybe we should all
be on there so we can raise hell when they do something um... well... to
put it delicately, stupid lol.
Thanks
Storm


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On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 09:25 -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:

> Hi.  These two issues are caused by upstream Gnome.  A bigger question is why
> does Gnome still talk about accessibility but allow programs to enter the desktop without accessibility?
> Ubuntu is caught in the middle.  They want to ship an up to date Gnome.  It isn't there fault
> that Gnome keeps doing things regularly that break access.
> 
>           Kenny
> 
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 06:10:40AM -0500, Bill Cox wrote:
> > Two key pieces of accessibility software in Gnome used to be
> > accessible, but are no longer in Lucid - Yelp and the Ubuntu Software
> > Center.  Ubuntu does a terrific job in general insuring packages are
> > functional and not buggy before allowing them into the distro.  There
> > must be some check-list for accepting packages at Ubuntu.  Why is
> > accessibility not on this list?  Isn't this simply a matter of adding
> > one extra item to the list of tasks for a package to be accepted?
> > 
> > Ubuntu is in a unique position to improve lives for the disabled.
> > Simply by raising their standards, Ubuntu can raise the standards
> > throughout the FOSS community.  I am amazed that Ubuntu has not taken
> > this simple step.  Is there any good reason?
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list
> > Ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
> 
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