On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 17:05 -0400, drew wrote: > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 15:51 -0400, planas wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 15:19 -0400, Marc Paré wrote: > > > > > Le 2011-05-14 14:11, planas a écrit : > > > > > > > An idea I have is to approach state or local governments about using > > > > FOSS when possible, not just LO but LO would be part of the package. The > > > > idea based on the maturity of some of the major Linux distros for the > > > > average user to use effectively. In Georgia the collapse of the real > > > > estate bubble has hit hard state wide and very hard in some the > > > > metropolitan regions. > > > > > > > > Jay Lozier > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Something to keep in mind is that some government levels require that > > > "accessibility" issues be addressed with software. I don't believe > > > LibreOffice has covered all of these yet sufficiently enough for some of > > > these levels. > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are accessibility issues normally addressed by the OS? I know Ubuntu and > > derivatives (I believe other Linux distros) have the ability for the > > user to start accessibility features on login. It would certainly be > > easier to have the OS handle than for a mishmash of application > > "solutions". > > Yes and no - the OS, or third party tools, run external to the > application, but the application can do things that either help or > hinder the successful use of those tools. > > In the case of LibreOffice Linux is rather good support, Windows not > quite so. But that said, I'm a bit behind on actually understanding > where the application is right now with regard to A11y issues. > > >
I think I understand, the design of the application may cause problems with the tools but the tools are not part of the application. And this may be an OS specific problem. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
