MSAA is something implemented in Skype itself, so the Skype developers would have to handle any required MSAA changes. I help by advising them when I can on what to implement, but as I said, sometimes the decisions are not easy to make.
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:39:09AM -0700, Sarah Alawami wrote: STraying a bit, is there a way we as a blind comunity can update msaa or is that a microsoft issue? On Jul 17, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > Well for starters, the one I always mention in these discussions: The > inclusion of dynamic buttons in contact and conversation lists defies > the structures that MSAA was initially designed to handle, so we've > had to improvise a bit. > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 08:19:00PM -0700, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Can you please give an example in regards to decisions that might surprise > modern screen readers? What might a practical application of that statement > be regarding skype. > On Jul 17, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > >> There's a lot of MSAA in Skype, but Skype's interface is unique >> enough in some ways to make decisions difficult on exactly how to >> represent things in MSAA, and sometimes, the decisions made surprise >> and confuse modern screen readers. >> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 05:29:04PM -0700, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> MSAA support has been in skype but it is not very good. It can only do, >> well, not much as far as I can see. >> >> I hope it is there. it would make scripting a lot easier. >> >> S >> On Jul 17, 2010, at 12:56 PM, inamuddin wrote: >> >>> Thanks for correcting me. yes i ment m s a a support. so my second question >>> is will m s a a support ever be available for skype 4.2 and skype 5? >>> you can contact me via gmail: [email protected] yahoo: >>> [email protected] live id: [email protected] skype: charlsdarwin1 >>> mobile phone: 923002227598. with regards inamuddin. >>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >>> latest version of skype go to >>> http://www.dlee.org/skype >>> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >>> >>> >>> To contact the list owner send a message to >>> mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >>> link. >>> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >>> >>> and for a searchable archives page go here. >>> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >>> >>> thanks and have a wonderful day. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> >> >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >> latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> >> To contact the list owner send a message to >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >> link. >> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >> and for a searchable archives page go here. >> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> >> -- >> Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org >> SSB BART Group [email protected] >> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >> There is more freedom in knowing how to handle pain than in knowing >> how to avoid it. (4/29/01) >> >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >> latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> >> To contact the list owner send a message to >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >> link. >> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >> and for a searchable archives page go here. >> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > -- > Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group [email protected] > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do > what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with > them while they do it."--Theodore Roosevelt > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done." --Helen Keller Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
