From: "Bob Martin" <bob.mar...@excite.com> ... >>Do non-US-based developers focus a lot on accessibility too, since >>that's what really started this whole sub-thread? > > I don't think so; it was never a requirement for the software I wrote, > though I know I had some blind users. But NLS was a must and it has > to be designed in from the start - very difficult to add it later.
:-) Remembering about MSAA (MS Active Accessibility), what you said makes me think to "Active Discrimination". It seems that for comercial reasons those who need to use a screen reader are discriminated because it is not profitable to make the effort to make an accessible program. This is a valid problem and the companies can't and shouldn't be forced to offer accessibility if this causes them financial damages. That's why the prefered solutions for creating a GUI should be one which is relatively accessible out of the box, because in that case the programmers don't even need to think to accessibility, but it is offered. Octavian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
