Katherine, Saying it has nothing to do with the language isn't entirely correct. The WIX BA/UX is written in C# and utilizes WPF. As such, they made a visually immersive install with lots of "eye candy". When briefly looking at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa350483.aspx verses what I am seeing in the WPF, it looks like the "big thing" that was missed was:
Assistive technologies, especially screen readers, use the title to understand the location of the frame, object, or page in the navigation scheme. Therefore, the title must be very descriptive. For example, a Web page title of "Microsoft Web Page" is useless if the user has navigated deeply into some particular area. A descriptive title is critical for users who are blind and depend on screen readers. Similarly, for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls, NameProperty and HelpTextProperty are important for assistive technology devices. One would think it would be rather straight forward to add these two properties to the controls to help out the screen readers. What alternative UI that hasn't been updated do you speak of? As Wix is so new, so are all the associated BA/UX's. There are different features and prerequisites for each UX, and if you don't like any of the out of the box you can certainly extend upon or write your own. Also, I hope you aren't reading into the Wix BA/UX as all bundles created with it would share the similar fate. (Are you wanting to make the installation of the tool set more visually impaired friendly, or are you wanting installation bundles you are authoring to be?) -----Original Message----- From: Katherine Moss [mailto:katherine.m...@gordon.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:54 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Was the fancy Wix 3.6 installer made in WIX Okay, guys, I don't know how to explain this any further without demonstrating for you the problem. It has nothing to do with what language the underlying program is written in, and it has nothing to do with the operating system. Firstly, I refuse to use alternative UIs that haven't been updated, and instead, you should expect a demo of exactly what I see when trying to have a screen reader interact with it; basically, in a nutshell, what happens, is that the screen reader will read all information, yet all keyboard input (such as using the enter key instead of double clicking which I don't see much of a difference in anyway) doesn't work, and then even using the specialized cursor routing functions, the keystrokes don't seem to be getting sent to the application. I guess that's a UIA issue; I don't know since I'm brand new to coding. -----Original Message----- From: Neil Sleightholm [mailto:n...@x2systems.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:13 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Was the fancy Wix 3.6 installer made in WIX You don't have to use a C# UI there is also a much more standard UI - WixStandardBootstrapperApplication http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wixstdba_intro.htm. From what I remember of screen readers (admittedly based on work I did 20 years ago) I think they should be compatible. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Katherine Moss [mailto:katherine.m...@gordon.edu] Sent: 03 October 2012 19:53 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Was the fancy Wix 3.6 installer made in WIX You see, it's not a bug; it's a problem with screen readers being able to communicate properly with the interface; custom controls are harder for screen readers to recognize. I honestly don't know how to "report" this one since it would require me to demo the issue; or else you wouldn't understand. I could demo it for you on Youtube if you want. The only real optimal way to explain specialized software in my opinion is via demos. -----Original Message----- From: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 1:17 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Was the fancy Wix 3.6 installer made in WIX We'd happily take bugs and/or contributions to help improve it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. 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