Re: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.
- From: Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:52:10 -0400
Hi,
The other is XFCE. The XFCE people are working to make it accessible and
there have been a few updates to Orca for XFCE accessibility. So,
hopefully it won't be much longer. KDE will be the big one because that
will give us access to QT apps.
Thanks
Storm
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On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 19:22 -0600, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> Eunity is being worked on to make it more accessible, I believe. The
> folks at KDE are also working, last I heard to make that accessible,
> and there was something else too. Hopefully Gnome won't be the only
> one for long.On 8/18/2011 7:19 PM, Jared Wright wrote:
>
> > You are correct, it's only Gnome for Orca users for now. As for what
> > Unity is, it's just a different spin on shell management. Has more
> > features for netbooks and touch interfaces, given their growing
> > prominence.
> > On 8/18/2011 8:51 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
> >
> > > Now I’m trying to take steps to get myself acquainted with Linux,
> > > and I’m just curious, what is the unity desktop? I’ve never heard
> > > of it, but I never bothered to look it up since I’ve heard on
> > > various threads here probably, that Gnome is the only accessible
> > > desktop for linux out there. Can somebody correct me on that if
> > > it’s not true?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken
> > > Perry
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:47 PM
> > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When I installed 11.04 I installed it using the accessibility if
> > > you do that it defaults to the classic ubuntu so it works perfect.
> > > I found that Ubuntu is only getting better I hope 11.10 stays that
> > > way.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ken
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > > Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:24 AM
> > > To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi All.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At work we use a couple of Ubuntu machines which I use with ORCA.
> > > We're currently on the 8.04 baseline but they are being upgraded
> > > to 11.04.
> > >
> > >
> > > As I understand it this release includes the new unity desktop by
> > > default but you can use the older style Gnome desktop. Does anyone
> > > know if this is write and how you go about it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > Nick.
> > >
> > >
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