2011/3/7 Owen Taylor <otay...@redhat.com>

>   - Accessibility needs to be turned on with a logout and log back in
>     for these to work.


I remember the initial plan was "a11y turned on by default in GNOME 3"



>   - Caribou doesn't integrate properly with GNOME3; it can't handle the
>     overview of GNOME Shell, etc. And doesn't match the design we want
>     https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/ScreenKeyboard


Not sure about it (while I haven't tested caribou lately). An "assistive
tool for mobility impaired people" and a "keyboard on screen" are not the
same thing. Do you remember GOK? It is a powerful a11y tool, that allows you
to entry text, focus windows, select menu entries and toolbar items even if
the only action you can perform is push a switch[1]. And it was poorly
(visually) integrated in GNOME 2[2]. If integration means to simply have
a stylish keyboard for tablet, I've to disagree.

 * Leave the menu completely as is, fix everything up as well as possible;
>   this will mean that people testing GNOME 3 may have bad experiences
>   with some of the options.
>

By instinct I'm for this. The a11y status icon was introduced as a "major"
feature for GNOME 3. This will force us to keep this promise ASAP. But of
course I've to admit GNOME 3.0.0 will be a really young release, so the most
valuable solution is:


>  * Remove the worst working options:
>

 Cheers, Luca

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_access
[2] http://people.gnome.org/~lferrett/misc/gok.png
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