Brian Cameron wrote: > > James: > >> Would you care to make me giggle and explain why Compiz at the moment >> would have any benefit to blind users? Do they have brale support in >> Firefox with images, or do they have electrodes with 16 bit color >> that attach to their retinas? > > Even if a blind user wouldn't want to use Compiz, it is still a bad idea > for the desktop to provide options that could leave the user in a state > where they can no longer use their computer. If a blind user were to > enable Compiz by accident (or without understanding that it would break > their ability to use the computer), this would be a bad thing. > > Also, as Shawn highlights, there are probably use-cases where supporting > keyboard navigation and compiz together would be useful to some users. > > Ideally, accessibility should work reasonably regardless of whether > Compiz is enabled or not. > > Brian I use the magnification, I have extremely farsighted eyes and glasses don't always help. I also like high resolutions and have quite a collection of electronic documentation. I can see where keyboard navigation would be a plus, even more of a need, I personally navigate most of the applications on Windows XP systems with the keyboard as well as Mac OS X, there's a few apps here and there on both that require a mouse, but this is not often, while most X11 applications that aren't central to GNOME are seriously lacking in keyboard-only navigation ability. I find it productive, I am not legally blind. Thanks for clearing up where this fits in for blind people... hopefully it gets to a point where it can be trusted when enabled, I can certainly imagine what a major problem it would be for the desktop to stop working or for X11 to crash.
James
