[nvda-addons] Re: Modernizing add-ons: doc file name, code review and what not

  • From: Him Prasad Gautam <drishtibachak@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:05:46 +0545

hi,
can you provide the download link of Microsoft Access? please.

On 12/16/14, Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> There are several add-ons that may need to be modernized to take advantage
> of latest NVDA core features, as well as to clean up the code within.
> Please
> check the list of add-ons below, and if you are the author, please try to
> see what you can do with them:
> * Balloon History: need a more detailed code review, add Gettext site scons
> and use the newer sconstruct file.
> * Extended Digital Edition and Winamp: please take a look at what can be
> done top modernize them.
> * Instantbird: Let us add the new doc file name attribute in build vars.
> * Instant Translate: If this guy uses Google, then I'd like to advise that
> this be reviewed to see what can be done with it.
> * Microsoft Access: Could someone maintain this add-on please? I decided to
> move on from this add-on until NVDA core devs gets a chance to work on
> this.
>  * Remote Access: I'll remove the add-on, seeing that someone is already
> working on it.
> * Sound Customizer and Stopwatch: Could someone try reviewing these
> add-ons?
> * Unicode Braille Input: Mesar, I found a critical bug: when you open the
> dialog the second time while the dialog is already open, NVDA freezes. This
> might be related to how the add-on calls pop up settings dialog function in
> GUI package.
> * Weather: To whoever wrote this add-on, may I kindly suggest using a
> wx.TextEntryDialog so users can specify their location instead of having to
> modify the .py file? Thanks.
> * Windows 7 Magnifier: Bernd, if nobody steps forward to fix the
> configuration issue, I'll take care of it unless someone else wants to
> tackle this add-on.
> * Word: Bram and Takuya, is it okay if we remove this add-on from the repo
> now NVDA core has the add-on's functionality?
> For modernization process: I'd say authors should be given priority for
> taking care of their add-ons unless if they wish the reviewers to do it for
> them (dear authors, please don't leave your add-ons orphaned, they need you
> to feed them with latest developments from NVDA core).
> Thanks, and have a wonderful week.
> Cheers,
> Joseph
> P.S. For Oriol (if you are still here): would you like to modernize your
> add-ons or prefer someone to do it for you? Please let us know if you want
> someone to take care of your add-ons' modernization. Thanks.
>
>
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