RE: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
- From: "Katherine Moss" <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:18:43 -0500
The only problem with inno is that it doesn't offer much in the way of
getting dependencies for users, does it? Such as the .net framework for
.net apps and the JRE for Java apps?
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Littlefield,
Tyler
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:21 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
Seconded--I have used inno, and love it.
On 12/13/2010 3:18 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
> Inno setup is great.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas
> Stefik
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:16 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jamal Mazrui; Sina Bahram
> Subject: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
>
> Hey folks,
>
> We are getting ready for the release of Sodbeans 1.5 and, as many
> folks know, we distribute our tool in two ways: 1) the NetBeans
> generated Installer, and 2) Zip file distros. We do the latter because
> of accessibility problems with the NetBeans generated installers, but
> we do the former because Windows requires some configuration which
> some people have to do manually with the zip distribution. While we
> have tested the installers with JAWS and NVDA, and with the java
> access bridge installed, they are generally accessible, in practice, they
are somewhat difficult to use.
>
> Anyway, we are "considering" adding to the development schedule a
> better installer for the Sodbeans 2.0 release, depending on what else
> needs to be finished. This sounds easy, but because of the nature of
> our tools, there are some technical challenges that would take time to
finish.
>
> So my question. If we were to develop an installer that is highly
> accessible, does anyone have any tips on generators that others have
> used that come out really well with screen readers, preferably without
> needing the Java Access Bridge to be installed?
>
> Thanks for any tips,
>
> Stefik
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