On 10/12/07, Ricky Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a developer, "a dozen > settings" could be duplicated with a global "Optimise for VoiceOver" > setting in prefs which would make it easier to start with (or perhaps > if it has an installer, put the option in the installer?).
The idea with the issue of a setting in the application for VoiceOver optimization is that it would override too many settings in a way I'm not even sure is possible that easily, and would be additional bloat for the vast majority of users who'll never use that option. And just how many applications out there have a specific checkbox for VO optimization to begin with? There's really no readme, so odds are unless the user went through the prefs individually, it wouldn't be discovered. There's no installer, and there's only one version of the application. I want to do as much as I can from a general perspective to improve the accessibility of the application, but some of the customizable parts (e.g. themes) vary wildly in what they support, and hence, how accessible the particular style would be. My idea would be to do what I can in the app, and then provide some sort of additional download package that includes VO/accessibility friendly themes and support files. > As for "is it worth it" ... True. I'm not sure if it's worth it, but it was enough to make someone file a ticket (albeit from a developer). The application in question is Colloquy, an IRC client. There are plenty of IRC clients out there, including the likes of irssi, linkinus, xchat aqua, snak, ircle..and I'm sure Adium is including IRC support in an upcoming version, but Colloquy would be the only open-source Cocoa based one which also supports silc, jabber etc. I have to say some clients out there fare better than Colloquy does, but some of the issues mentioned in the aforementioned ticket and that I've heard firsthand are things that could be fixed simply only by changing styles and a few other files, plus fiddling around with some settings (although, on second thought, some of those can be built into the style). So yes, it's a simple question about whether or not it's worth it to do that work if not many people will take advantage of it, and if changing a couple of existing settings can make your experience much better. Some of the changes I have in mind are somewhat drastic ones I'm not sure even the main colloquy dev will like. Thanks for the advice though. I haven't started much and I'm not sure about the feasibility of the VO optimization setting, but it certainly sounds like an interesting concept I'll keep in mind. cheers, jane
