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 16:50:17 -0500

I'm not saying that I'd go and change things around.  My C# skills are so
weak as of yet, that me programming anything is a hallucination, even to me.
LOL.  I'm trying to get more folks to contact them.  Their forums are very
open and friendly, so if I can get any of the .net developers on this list
to join that community and have some powwows with them, I'd love to.  I
think that if a few of us make a case, then they'd be more apt to listen.
How about you?  Thanks.  

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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Littlefield,
Tyler
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 4:43 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SharpDevelop 4.0 not accessible, what can be done about it?

We need blind people who will talk to them, not someone who will run in
swinging the hammer and pretending to know more than they do. That just
makes them not receptive to any sort of feedback, at all.
On 12/13/2010 2:40 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
> 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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