Re: Accessibility issues of GUI interface in Linux

["Richard Flint" <lrd ici net>]

I think that this is a great point you have brought up.  I am surprized that
it was not brought up sooner.  If our needs are to be considered they MUST
be brought up NOW.  If we don't start now with a plan and input of our needs
in the gui apps world we my say good bye to the os itself just like windows
2000 is surpose to get rid of dos who knows linux my loose the text
interface.  Then where will we be?  Let's get on the ball!--- Original
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From: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran nimbus ocis temple edu>
To: <blinux-list redhat com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:27 AM
Subject: Accessibility issues of GUI interface in Linux


> Hello, listers!
> Has there been any talk about accessibility issues of GUI interfaces under
> Linux? I have just looked through Gnome, Enlightenment, KDE and X-Windows
in
> general with my sighted friends, and we couldn't find any similar
> accessibility features to what MS-Windows provides.
> For instance,
> One cannot access an object by pressing a highlighted letter;
> Enter key does not work in many cases, one needs to just click on objects;
> Scrolling is completely unfriendly, that is, just a small arrow is
> available, arrow keys are unusable;
> Doubleclick activation is not cross-applicable;
> Some objects are too small to see for low vision person.
>
>
> Some of you might say that we don't need to worry about these issues,
since
> there is no fissible GUI access for visually impaired people  at this
time.
> I think we should start to spread the word now because later is going to
be
> too late. People will not want to redo their apps or huge projects in ten
> years as easily.
>
> I would like to hear your opinions on that issue. Could we work out some
> sort of accessibility guidelines for Linux programmers and distribute them
> to Free Software Foundation and Linux distributors?
> Best wishes,
> Victor
>
>
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