On 13.04.2011 10:54, Matthew Revell wrote: > On 13 April 2011 09:42, Jonathan Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> What's our policy on making Launchpad accessible? Do we have one? > >> We don't have one. Canonical holds accessibility as one of its core >> values, and as such it's something we should aim for. I recall that >> accessibility support was one of the driving factors behind our >> adoption of YUI. > > Right, much as I thought. > >> I really don't know anything about the technical difficulties involved >> in making Launchpad more accessible, or maintaining whatever >> accessibility we have. If there are some simple things that we can do, >> we should do them. > > I'll look into this further. I'm relatively ignorant of what's > necessary and how far removed from that we are. > > Who else reading this is interested in accessibility?
/me > >> Concretely, it's not something that we're planning on investing in >> over the short term. I'd rather we focus on making our UI adroit. > > We can be adroit in different ways, right? :) I understand the > practical and time limitations we have. I don't know, though, how many > people using Launchpad have, for example, sight issues. We could invite an accessibility expert for a lecture at the LP Epic. I remember a talk by a guy from a German organization for blind people at a conference (IIRC Eurozope) some years ago, which gave me some interesting insights. Abel _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
