Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

2008-12-28 Thread Ignasi Cambra
Oh well, and what about all those vending machines on which you need to press a letter and a number to get the product that you want, and which have nice braille keypads but no braille instructions for the blind to know which number is assigned to each product? That's probably the stupidest thin

9.04 live cd

2008-12-28 Thread mike
Hi, I tried downloading the 9.04 again today and it still apears to need a username and password. Does anyone know what is going on? Ubuntu as a user namd leaving the password blank doesn't work. Mike X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 081228-0, 12/28/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean --

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

2008-12-28 Thread Andre Nuno Soares
Hi jonathon, On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 21:11 +, jonathon wrote: > The practical reality is that a11y requirements can be mutually > exclusive. What works for one set of a11y issues, need not, and often > actively hinders, a different set of a11y issues. I regularly use a long distance train that h

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

2008-12-28 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On 28/12/08 21:11, jonathon wrote: > The practical reality is that a11y requirements can be mutually > exclusive. What works for one set of a11y issues, need not, and often > actively hinders, a different set of a11y issues. Do you have a knockout example of accessibility requirements where the d

I'm having trouble playing a dvd in intrepid

2008-12-28 Thread mike
Hi, I am using intrepid and have had no luck getting a DVD to play. Has anyone had luck with this? If so, how did you get your DVD to play. I followed the instructions and installed the program suggested, but no luck. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

2008-12-28 Thread jonathon
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 17:11, Andre Nuno Soares wrote: > browser for the blind, I want all browsers to be accessible to everyone, The practical reality is that a11y requirements can be mutually exclusive. What works for one set of a11y issues, need not, and often actively hinders, a different s

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

2008-12-28 Thread Andre Nuno Soares
Hello Nuno, I agree with the reasons given so far (broader base of developers / users, some kinds of apps you can only find in X, employability, etc). The most important reason, however (IMHO), is that I don't want a browser for the blind, I want all browsers to be accessible to everyone, includi