[email protected] wrote: > As OOo is currently implemented, for complete support for Braille, Moon > Language, and ASL, there would need to be 5,000 selections for locale > data --- just for the currently supported languages. If OOo supported > all of the languages in ISO 639-4, there would be roughly 50,000 > selections for language/locale data. > > Do you want to have to scroll through that many selections, every time > you create a new style, in a different language?
You are jumping to conclusions but discussing how the current UI can be changed to avoid getting in trouble with this is far beyond the scope of this ML. You have named an important point but I'm sure the problem can be solved within the current way of doing things in OOo. >> The problem on Windows is that there is no native a11y support. When MS > > That barely covers toggle switch input. [Can you even do toggle switch > input on a Linux Box?) > > It doesn't cover Braille, ASL, or Moon Language output. > > It doesn't cover the fact that the icons do not have meaningful names. > It doesn't cover the fact that for a person who can not use a mouse, > Navigator is a non-existent tool. > It doesn't cover the fact that OOo does not have full keyboard menuing. > > Those are why I said OOo needs a complete rewrite from the ground up. > a11y is not something that can be retrofitted into a program. It has > be designed into a program from day one. OOo was not designed with a11y > in mind. I didn't talk about programs that are *optimized* for a11y. My understanding is that most people using a11y support consider MSOffice to be sufficient for their needs. And AFAIK this program wasn't rewritten from scratch to get a11y support. So you should read my comments with the idea in mind that OOo should be able to reach the same level also without a complete rewrite. In the worst(!) case you had to throw out the current OOo GUI but you still can keep most of the code below it. If you don't believe this then let's agree to disagree. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
