It's getting better and if memory serves is almost up with mate. On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Is Cinnamon as good and accessible as Mate? If thaat's so, it's great then. > > On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 03:17:39PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion > wrote: > >Cinnamon would qualify as a desktop and is supposed to be similar to mate > >in operation. > > > > > >On Wed, 6 Apr 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > >> Just pointing out that Ratpoison+Strychnine, IceWm, Openbox and others > >> aren't > >> exactly full desktops, but are pretty much just the window manager side of > >> things. A full desktop would include at least one panel with system > >> tray/notification area, app indicators such as the battery monitor and > >> clock, > >> most of the time a file manager that doubles as a root window desktop that > >> can > >> include launchers and mount points and an application menu or some other > >> type > >> of launcher that allows you to see the applications on the system and > >> launch > >> them, usually grouped into various categories. Strychnine does do some of > >> this > >> for Ratpoison, but it's pretty much just a launcher menu and run window > >> type > >> of thing. Many components that would make it a full desktop are still > >> missing, > >> although it is possible to run Caja or Nautilus and possibly either > >> mate-panel > >> or gnome-panel along with it for a more full desktop experience if desired. > >> > >> > >> About the best full desktop experience I've used is GNOME 2.x, which is > >> continued as the MATE desktop. Some panel applets don't necessarily speak > >> as > >> much as they should, for example, nm-applet, which is the network manager, > >> only says "panel," but for the most part, everything just works and is > >> navigable with only a keyboard, although I find Orca's "speak object under > >> mouse" to be fairly useful at times as well. GNOME 3.x and 40+ is another > >> option, but some things seem to be a little less usable than the MATE > >> desktop > >> overall. KDE is coming along, but is still in the early stages of a11y > >> development, so although many things are starting to work pretty well, > >> others > >> are still not quite usable at this stage. For full desktops, the only other > >> partially usable options are xfce, lxde and lxqt, and all of those seem to > >> be > >> getting a bit long in the tooth, and some of these are even starting to > >> lose > >> some of the accessibility they once had. So as full desktops go, my three > >> best > >> recommendations would be MATE, then GNOME, then KDE. And then there are the > >> window managers that include keyboard navigation, Ratpoison+Strychnine > >> probably being the best of those options, although I have heard that IceWM, > >> Fluxbox and Openbox, as well as possibly i3, can also be made more usable > >> with > >> either helper applications or hand-edited configuration files. > >> > >> ~Kyle > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list mailing list > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list