Re: [Lxde-list] Do you accept donations?

2013-05-13 Thread Fernando Botelho
>> > If that's the case, maybe LXDE should consider joining > http://sfconservancy.org > This sounds like an interesting option. If the group puts together a list of needs or specific software packages, people could choose one or more of those to support when they make a donation. The above e

Re: [Lxde-list] Do you accept donations?

2013-05-12 Thread Fernando Botelho
On 05/12/2013 09:59 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote: > I know I said that. And the nautilus combined with gnome tweak tool is > my workaround for the time being. I am being patient, and in the > meantime I am finding workarounds to small problems which free open > source software gladly allows me to do. I

Re: [Lxde-list] Do you accept donations?

2013-05-11 Thread Fernando Botelho
Interesting, I did not realize LXDE had its own foundation. That is great! It would be helpful to have a name for the contact person of the foundation, phone or email address, and at least the address and country where the foundation is based. While we are requesting things, a PayPal way to do

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-05-01 Thread Fernando Botelho
ew in this group and I am doing my best to be constructive even if occasionally I make my own mistakes as well. I hope this helps, Fernando On 04/30/2013 08:24 PM, JM wrote: > >> On 04/30/2013 06:46 PM, Andrej N. Gritsenko wrote: >>> Hello! > >>> Fernando

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-04-30 Thread Fernando Botelho
their work after F123 sponsored cursor tracking on Compiz Fusion eZoom. I surely hope they are stil a healthy community. Best, Fernando On 04/30/2013 06:13 PM, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: > On mardi 30 avril 2013 à 17:47:29 (-0300), Fernando Botelho wrote: >> Dear Jean-Philippe, >

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-04-30 Thread Fernando Botelho
or other changes that might prove useful to Lubuntu. Fernando On 04/30/2013 06:46 PM, Andrej N. Gritsenko wrote: > Hello! > > Fernando Botelho has written on Tuesday, 30 April, at 17:47: >> Please download and install Jonathan's LXDE version of Sonar and all >&g

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-04-30 Thread Fernando Botelho
Sure, sorry. Here is the link to the download page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sonargnulinux/files/ Best, Fernando On 04/30/2013 06:04 PM, JM wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:47:29 -0300 > Fernando Botelho wrote: > >> Dear Jean-Philippe, >> >> Please download

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-04-30 Thread Fernando Botelho
Dear Jean-Philippe, Please download and install Jonathan's LXDE version of Sonar and all your questions shall be answered. The LXDE team has been very wise and correct in including accessibility among their core bojectives, but they will change their mind very quickly if all they hear from the

Re: [Lxde-list] letter navigation

2013-04-30 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi, From what I read, the question concerns keyboard shortcuts which are important for the blind. Gesture recognition software is great, but it is probably most useful for persons with physical impairments that prevent the use of conventional keyboards and/or mouse. Fernando On 04/30/2013

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-04-29 Thread Fernando Botelho
Linux will be different and maybe easier for me? > > Josh > > > On 4/29/2013 8:39 AM, Fernando Botelho wrote: >> Please forgive this kind of e-mail. We do our best to increase >> ease-of-use and access to Linux and sometimes this means that we start >> having ne

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE accessibility

2013-04-29 Thread Fernando Botelho
Please forgive this kind of e-mail. We do our best to increase ease-of-use and access to Linux and sometimes this means that we start having new users that do not know how the development of free and open source software works and the importance of collaboration and respect for people's time an

Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE FORK

2013-04-25 Thread Fernando Botelho
What comes to mind is that there is no free lunch in life. If you save coding time, you pay for it with compute cycles and vice-versa. But there should be an objective way of measuring this. Since this is a very technically sophisticated group, wouldn't it make sense to have a table comparing

[Lxde-list] Razor-QT

2013-04-24 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi, Does Razor-QT have accessibility features? I know QT 5 has a lot of accessibility improvements for persons who are blind or those with other disabilities. Thanks, Fernando On 04/24/2013 05:59 PM, Andrej N. Gritsenko wrote: > Hello! > > Alexis López Zubieta has written on Wednesday,

Re: [Lxde-list] PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released.

2013-04-23 Thread Fernando Botelho
My own two cents would be to please consider the accessibility for use by the blind of these new libraries, in addition to resource utilization. Currently LXDE is fairly accessible, and this opens up the possibility of a lot of use among the blind in developing countries. Fernando On 04/23/2