Improving Gnome Desktop Accessibility

Arky rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 2 09:18:25 UTC 2010


Hi Jacob, 


> The only true accessibility issue I see in your list is the clock. 
The
> rest are cosmetic or a matter of preference, and with actual bugs
> coupled with GNOME 3 on the horizon, I think focus should 
be on that.
> What good is it if GNOME just says "desktop" when I 
still can't access
> Webkit-based apps properly, or can't launch 
apps as root as I should be
> able to do from the GUI?

I have found a certain low impact improvements like providing less technical information or providing a better accessible name will make it easier for non-technical blind users to learn gnu/Linux desktop.

Cheers

--arky 


 Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com


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