[brailleblaster] Re: Some Thoughts
- From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:52:17 -0800
Hi,
I suppose that the Mac issues should be resolved in any case. This would help
the Mac community as a whole.
I've built my boot loader now, but I can't test it yet.
Did you get a chance to look at my mock up yet?
What do you think of it?
Regards,
Alex,
Alex Jurgensen,
VoiceOver Trainer,
Visit me on the web at: http://www.vipbc.org/
On 2011-02-02, at 12:19 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> I've read through all these messages, and I'm convinced we should stick
> with SWT. By the time BrailleBlaster is ready for use by anybody other
> than a developer the problems on the Mac may be resolved. We can add a
> little pressure to the Eclipse developers to help things along. The idea
> of using the SWT browser to present GUI content is interesting.
>
> The classpaths specified in the ant build.xml file go iknto the manifest
> of the BrailleBlaster jar file. This makes callinng BrailleBlaster very
> convenient on my flavor of Linux and on Windows. We could make different
> versions of BrailleBlaster for different distros, but I think that is
> something for the early adapters who use these distros to worry about.
> They will know their own flavors. And many of them won't care about the
> standard locations.
>
> Let's learn from Alex's experience in proting BrailleBlaster to the Mac.
> Concern about various Linux flavors at this time is a distraction.
>
> As for me, I'm concentrating on getting BrailleBlaster to work with at
> least generic embossers. Then I'll make a simple text editor using a
> GUI. the experience in doing this will be necessary to make the real
> GUI. The text editor will remain as a BrailleBlaster feature to be used
> by advanced users.
>
> Incidentally, BrailleBlaster is a single word. It should not have a
> space.
>
> John
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
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