[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: BrailleBlaster GUI Ready for Feedback
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:50:03 -0500
I've noticed problems with other dialogs. This will be investigated.
it's probably just a matter of learning the correct Java usage.
Thanks,
John
On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 10:00:15PM -0400, 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
--
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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