Back on the technical side of things, I haven't seen anyone mention emerging tech and research in accessibility as topics of interest for the committee. While the bleeding edge isn't as important as getting accessibility working today for users who need it, it still warrants attention for ensuring longevity and innovation in the GNOME accessibility stack. For instance, some activities of the committee might include:
1) Staying abreast of trends in technology to ensure GNOME accessibility is prepared to handle the "next big thing." There's a lot going on in the Web 2.0 / online desktop space. It would be nice to have a leg up on accessibility matters when it begins to have a large influence on the desktop and GNOME users. 2) Making sure infrastructure work doesn't preclude advancement. Most times, platform improvements open doors to new and interesting uses. Still, someone has to be wary of changes that force us to get stuck doing only what we need today. 3) Brainstorming / developing improvements that push the envelope in the user experience. It's great to have a set of familiar assistive technologies for people to use today when migrating to GNOME from other platforms. But a benefit of developing on an open stack with an excellent (the best?) accessibility infrastructure is that it affords us the opportunity to create alternative, better, more usable, (pick an adjective) software to help users. Dasher is a perfect example: born out of research and later packaged with GNOME releases as a new "flavor" of on-screen keyboard. Pete _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
