RE: SharpDevelop 4.0 not accessible, what can be done about it?

  • From: "Katherine Moss" <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:40:27 -0500

Interesting.  I like the cross platform kind of thing though, but at the
same time, it doesn't seem to have as many features.  I think I'll stick
with VS2010 and later for as long as I can.  But how valuable is GTK on
Windows?  It sounds cool, but depending on what I'm doing later on in life
(all programming done will be for my own enjoyment and as a hobby on the
side), I don't know if it will accommodate everything.  I mean, if
developers of a certain project says that they're not even considering
accessibility for the blind, does that mean that I should go in there and
try changing their code around?  I just wish more blind folks were on these
open source projects so that these gaps get filled before smart allic
developers try to thwart them.  

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Midence
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:19 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SharpDevelop 4.0 not accessible, what can be done about it?

I've never used sharp develop nor do I know c sharp but, I found this which
you may find interesting.  It's an ide taht forked off of an earlier build
of Sharp Develop according to the faq page:

http://monodevelop.com/FAQ

Says it's cross platform, Linux, Windows, Mac OSX.  Caviat is that it
appears to be build using gtk#.  I've previously had trouble accessing
gtk+ applications in windows since I don't think Jaws knows quite what
to make of these window classes.  However, they can probably be scripted
pretty easily since gtk is what gnome runs on and gnome is pretty good about
accessibility right now.  Who knows, though, the fact that it's a c# app
might mean it runs pretty good on windows with accessibility out of the box.
I'm thinking of installing the linux version into my Vinux vm and having a
look at it there just for kicks.

Regards,
Alex M

On 12/13/10, Katherine Moss <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there folks,
>
> I've talked to the developers of SharpDevelop regarding accessibility 
> with screen readers in the latest version, and they say that they have 
> too much on their plate to worry about it.  I was pretty strong in my 
> reply back saying that if they weren't going to do it, then I'll get 
> somebody who would.  Has anyone else here downloaded that and looked 
> at the apalling things they've done to it?  Just curious.  Thanks.
>
>
>
> Katherine
>
>
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