On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:17 PM, Dean Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Motif applications do not work with accessibility helpers, thus
will not
comply with regulations and laws such as US Government Sec. 508, the
Americans with Disabilities Act, and similar laws in the EU and
other countries.
That is just wrong. The Motif folks invented a lot of that stuff.
No, it isn't wrong.
Anyway, here's an example of what to do in any Motif-based
application:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-customlaf/
That says nothing about motif and accessibility. About the only thing
that I saw there was a "look-and-feel" them to make a java application
look like a Motif one.
Motif in OpenSolaris is not being actively enhanced, developed or
maintained,
so it really is considered legacy software here.
Motif is not really in need of of enhancement--its a standardized
GUI--
and others maintain it. 'Legacy software' is that software which
doesn't fit with your current architecture. The architecture of your
application is the same whether you use one widget set or another.
This is an incorrect label for Motif.
Regardless of how you want to label it, Motif is legacy, and is
effectively dead.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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