Let's integrate it into the Icon. We'll do what we can to get that effort rolling.
Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:41 AM > To: Willie Walker > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Nokia to fund D-Bus based accessibility > > This truly is wonderful news. I personally can't wait to take > some of those KDE apps for a spin with Orca, and I expect > there will be KDE based AT that will now be able to do the > same with Gnome, Open Office, and Firefox. > > But, there's one more aspect of this I wanted to mention. > Will notes that AT-SPI on Dbus will give us the opportunity > to add accessibility to small and embedded devices--cell > phones, pdas, etc. During the recently concluded Linux > Foundation Collaboration Summit we heard an estimate from IDC > that Linux will drive approximately 50% of all such devices > by 2012. So, we may be on the verge of an explosion of > accessibility opportunities. > > And, to top it all off, KDE and QT get the benefit of AT-SPI > based realtime automated testing, just like Dogtail and LDTP > are doing via the current Corba based AT-SPI. How awesomely > cool is that? > > Janina > > > Willie Walker writes: > > This is indeed awesome news for the community, and it's > great to see > > that the people who did the AT-SPI/DBus feasibility study > are the ones > > that will be doing the work. > > > > Some of the major impacts of this work include: > > > > 1) Releasing accessibility from the shackles of the out-of-style > > CORBA/Bonobo technology and into the hip with-it DBus space. > > > > 2) Unifying accessibility infrastructure across KDE and > GNOME, paving > > the way for users to be able to use one assistive technology to be > > used to access both desktops. > > > > 3) By shedding CORBA/Bonobo, it helps enable accessibility > solutions > > to migrate to the small device and embedded space. > > > > All very exciting stuff! > > > > Will > > > > > > JGJones wrote: > > > I came across this on Planet Gnome and thought it would be of > > > interest if no-one heard of. Apologises if you all > already know this > > > and I'm a bit slow on the uptake :-) > > > > > > > http://blog.floopily.org/2008/04/23/nokia-funds-d-bus-based-accessib > > > ility/ _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the > U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com > > Chair, Open Accessibility [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
