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Mozilla Sponsors GNOME Accessibility Efforts BOSTON, Mass -- January 19, 2020 -- The GNOME Foundation is happy to announce a substantial donation from the Mozilla Corporation to benefit the GNOME Project's accessibility efforts. The donation will help continue the collaborative efforts between GNOME and Mozilla on Accessibility. The Mozilla Corporation is granting the GNOME Foundation $10,000 for 2010. The funds will be used in part to send GNOME developers to the CSUN Conference. CSUN is one of the premier technology conferences for people with disabilities, and by funding an accessibility hackfest at the conference can ensure a diverse group of GNOME developers are immersed in the accessibility space. "The direct impact of the Mozilla funding has allowed GNOME to add Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) support to the Orca screen reader and other accessibility enhancements in GNOME," said William Walker of the GNOME Accessibility Team. "All these helped make GNOME/Orca a compelling free alternative to commercial products for the visually impaired. As a result, we're seeing users around the world using GNOME as their every day solution." GNOME has had great success integrating internationalization (i18n) into the core platform, as a part of shared responsibility for all developers. Accessibility is also taking its place as a core value of the platform. Sending GNOME developers to CSUN will help to ensure that developers working on all areas of GNOME are well-educated on accessibility issues and continue to build accessibility features and functions into GNOME rather than "bolted-on" features. "As the leading free software desktop, the GNOME Project's work is particularly important to Mozilla," said Frank Hecker of Mozilla Corporation. "The work so far has improved accessibility not only for Firefox, but the entire GNOME platform." The GNOME Foundation and Mozilla are committed to open source, open standards, and open formats. Both organizations and their contributors contribute to numerous projects to ensure an open Web and open desktop platform for all users. Part of that effort is working hard to ensure users with physical disabilities are able to make use of a free desktop and Web browser. About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is released twice a year on a regular schedule. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business and home users worldwide. Composed of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and helps determine its vision and roadmap. More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. Media Enquiries GNOME Foundation Executive Director Stormy Peters Email: [email protected] Phone: +1 617-206-3947 -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <[email protected]> About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
