Sounds like ref-counting is in order here that prevents a feature from 
being disabled unless its use count drops to zero.

The problem is that older ATS will not implement this new registry, so 
any customers having to purchase paid upgrades for their assistive 
technologies will eventually lose access to Firefox and other IA2 apps.

Marco

Am 08.06.2011 11:09, schrieb James Teh:
> Re registry API:
> On 8/06/2011 7:03 PM, Alexander Surkov wrote:
>> Right, I think I'd like to whitelist features, this allows to keep
>> a11y really light.
> I still think this has the potential to cause major problems for
> multiple ATs. Using two screen readers is not ideal, but a user might
> well use a screen reader and a magnifier. Also, if one AT exits and
> another starts without quitting apps first, there could be problems too.
> I'll repeat this again: IsWinEventHookInstalled() should definitely be
> investigated thoroughly as a solution to this problem before even
> considering such an API.
>
> Jamie
>

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