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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