-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/2010 12:50 PM, drew wrote:
> How should we handle a situation such as this, where a group of active > individuals, members of the larger group, decide to pursue a specialized > derivative of the main application - would be shun them? Encourage them. Derivatives such as OOoLight and OOo4Kids should be encouraged. Treated as experiments in providing a better, and more useful program for a specific sub-set of users. If the derivative is successful, perhaps the ideas it embraces can be incorporated into the main product. Jumping back to one of my pet themes. Different accessibility requirements require different solutions, to the point that something that enable accessibility for one individual decreases accessibility for a second individual. As such, a11y derivatives can be created for the purpose of finding out which set of a11y enhancements work for the biggest percentage of LibO users. Then incorporate that set of enhancements into the main program. Note: I'm not saying that a11y solutions can not be extensions. Ultimately, anything not built in should be available as an extension. To take one example: Eye tracking software for keyboard typing. Including this in the standard LibO build is going to increase the size of the program dramatically, without providing a corresponding increase in overall functionality. A specialized build with that functionality makes sense. Offering it as an extension makes sense. jonathon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzUnSwACgkQaC1raifmCuGhmwCglFPRQKPpNnQfYqtcTkxY6uWG 2hkAmgLL2eqpb545VvfcPetGr7rVPHhD =op/S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to [email protected] Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
