Mike Pedersen writes: > We have been informed, however, that there can be only one screen > reader/magnifier in the GNOME desktop. > That's a rather outrageous attitude. Who made that decision? Are they also prepared to have only one web browser? ONly one media player? ONly one word processor? Only one email client application? The day may come when there is but one screen reader on the GUI desktop, but I rather doubt it given that both Gnome and KDE are likely to remain with us. However, to proactively restrict inclusion while all manner of other (sometimes only half-baked) applications are included rankles. Frankly, it's an insult. This kind of grudging support for accessibility needs to be stopped right now. In fact, it's a stretch to even call it "support." Do these deciders wonder that people in Massachusetts got so upset last year over the simple move to an open file format. Given this kind of attitude, they'll never change their minds Always remember that just proclaiming, "we support accessibility," doesn't make it so. We will not judge by published proclamations but rather by deeds. -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
