Re: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
- From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:08:39 -0600
It looks like it offers some kind of support for checking registry
entries, so it might be possible to hack something together. I didn't
immediately see anything easy though.
Stefik
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Katherine Moss
<plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [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-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [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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