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| * '''Created''': 2006-04-24 by HenrikOmma * '''Contributors''': HenrikOmma * '''Packages affected''': * '''Status:''' '''BRAINDUMP''' ''ScottJamesRemnant: ancient header?'' |
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| Create a common config panel for all the assistive technology settings in gnome. | Simplify the assistive technology settings in gnome. Clearly identify where each options belongs, whether it is a general desktop setting with accessibility implications (such as font size) or a specialised assistive technology feature. This will lay the foundation for an accessibility setup tool (*cough* wizard) which will follow -- possibly as a SoC project. |
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| The assistive technology (AT) settings in gnome are currently spread out over several locations, making the features difficult to find. A new configuration dialog should collect these components to a single location with tabs. Individual assistive technology applications should be activated and configured from launchers in this dialog. | The assistive technology (AT) settings in gnome are currently spread out over several locations, making the features difficult to find. Some entries have multiple incarnations (like keyboard repeat rate). It is difficult to have a discussion about which features should me moved before we have a better classification of items (specifically to which degree they are general desktop setting or special assistive technology tools). Once we have a better overview and have reached some consensus (these are defaults ...) then we can split out the obvious AT items into the assistive technology prefs dialog and can work to better integrate the remaining items where needed. |
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=== Future work === A new configuration dialog should collect these components to a single location with tabs. Individual assistive technology applications should be activated and configured from launchers in this dialog. |
Launchpad Entry: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/common-at-conf
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Summary
Simplify the assistive technology settings in gnome. Clearly identify where each options belongs, whether it is a general desktop setting with accessibility implications (such as font size) or a specialised assistive technology feature. This will lay the foundation for an accessibility setup tool (*cough* wizard) which will follow -- possibly as a SoC project.
Rationale
The assistive technology (AT) settings in gnome are currently spread out over several locations, making the features difficult to find. Some entries have multiple incarnations (like keyboard repeat rate). It is difficult to have a discussion about which features should me moved before we have a better classification of items (specifically to which degree they are general desktop setting or special assistive technology tools). Once we have a better overview and have reached some consensus (these are defaults ...) then we can split out the obvious AT items into the assistive technology prefs dialog and can work to better integrate the remaining items where needed.
Use cases
ScottJamesRemnant: where are thy use cases?
Scope
Design
See bug [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350263 350263] – AT selection list is needed.
ScottJamesRemnant: please include a design! please include information about the different locations; and a design for the new dialog.
Future work
A new configuration dialog should collect these components to a single location with tabs. Individual assistive technology applications should be activated and configured from launchers in this dialog.
Implementation
ScottJamesRemnant: how will this be implemented?
Code
Data preservation and migration
Outstanding issues
BoF agenda and discussion
ScottJamesRemnant: this needs to be drafted into a spec!
New UI mostly decided at Gnome accessibility summit. Add AT options to preferred applications dialog.
Small apps "osk", "screenreader" etc. that check value of preferred app gconf key and run it.
Use fdo autostart for starting AT's add .desktop file of previously mentioned small app to autostart.
Re-do gnome-at settings dialogs entirely. Make all settings that could be considered accessibility related locatable or directly changeable from the gnome-at properties dialog. Making it the one-stop-shop for everything a11y related even if it means settings are duplicated from elsewhere in the desktop.
small aside -- people like to carry their accessibility (font size, etc.) and other settings around with them it would be nice if a gconf overlay from a usb stick was possible. In other words settings on the stick would overide the local gconf keys.
-- Draft -- usb device home directory "overlay"
possible summer of code project
follow .desktop autostart
Accessibility/Specs/CommonATConfig (last edited 2008-08-06 16:39:48 by localhost)