[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
- From: Greg Kearney <gkearney@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 15:48:53 +0800
John I think it would be best that before we start testing we have a runnable
version of the Java application so that folks do not need to go searching about
for different libraries to include here is a Mac version ofthe swt.jar
I fear that my background in getting Java applications is not up to doing all
the steps that are currently required.
Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
On 09/05/2011, at 10:56 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> The latest release of BrailleBlaster can be downloaded from
> http://www.brailleblaster.org It is the first link on the page. Note
> that most of the items on the menu and toolbar are inactive. This is for
> examination and feedback.
>
> To run it on the Mac you will have to replace swt.jar in the dist/lib
> subfolder with the one for the Mac. I don't remember offhand the exact
> link. Try Google with "swt.jar Mac".
>
> The BUI will need some adjustment to conform with Mac system usage, so
> your feedback will be very valuable.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 10:11:49AM +0800, Greg Kearney wrote:
>> Where can I download the GUI trial from I would like to give it a go on my
>> Mac.
>>
>>
>> Gregory Kearney | Manager Accessible Media
>> Association for the Blind of WA - Guide Dogs WA
>> PO Box 101, Victoria Park WA 6979 | 61 Kitchener Ave, Victoria Park WA 6100
>> Tel: 08 9311 8246 | Fax: 08 9361 8696 | www.guidedogswa.com.au
>> Tel: 307-224-4022 (North America)
>> Email: greg.kearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Email: gkearney@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> On 09/05/2011, at 10:00 AM, Vic Beckley wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> The File/Open dialog locks up or maybe gets very sluggish when trying to
>>> navigate the files to find one to open. This happened with both Window-Eyes
>>> and NVDA.
>>>
>>> Vic
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
>>> Boyer
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 5:23 PM
>>> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
>>>
>>> The prototype of the BrailleBlaster GUI is now ready for your
>>> examination and feedback. You can download it from
>>> http://www.brailleblaster.org It is the first link on the page.
>>>
>>> This is my Windows 7 64-bit brailleblaster folder zipped up. It iis
>>> actually a Mercurial working copy, so if you have Mercurial installed
>>> you can get updates by just typing hg update. However, it contains much
>>> more than the Mercurial-tracked files. It also has all the jar files
>>> needed and even the class files for BrailleBlaster. Of course, it
>>> contains the source files in the src subfolder. These are tracked by
>>> Mercurial.
>>>
>>> If you unzip this file in your C:\ drive you can run BrailleBlaster with
>>> the command:
>>>
>>> java -jar c:\brailleblaster\dist\brailleblaster.jar
>>>
>>> This command can also be placed in a desktop shortcut. This is
>>> recommended.
>>>
>>> When you run BrailleBlaster, you will see a window with a title bar,
>>> menu bar, toolbar, text area and status bar. You can type in the text
>>> area. The scrollbars work after you have entered some text. Initially
>>> the text area displays "DAISY view". tHE BRAILLE VIEW IS ALSO PRESENT,
>>> BUT THE DAISY view is on top. I still have to learn how to make its
>>> background transparent and how to bring the braille view to the front.
>>>
>>> The options on the toolbar are just for examinationj. None of them are
>>> active. They are all text labels. Images can be used instead if desired.
>>> To see the toolbar use the Jaws cursor and explore the screen from the
>>> top.
>>>
>>> Pressing alt activates the menu bar. The menus behave normally. Only a
>>> few items on the file menu are active. The open and save items bring up
>>> dialog boxes so you can see how they look and how they affect the window
>>> and Jaws when they are closed. The exit item is also active.
>>>
>>> I will learn how to gray out unavailable menu items and how to attach
>>> hotkeys and help to menu items.
>>>
>>> The welcome screen will be added after some more experience with this
>>> prototype.
>>>
>>> Please give feedback on the list.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>> --
>>> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
>>> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
>>> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>> Madison, Wisconsin USA
>>> Developing software for people with disabilities
>>>
>>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>>
>>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>>
>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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