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Subject: Re: new highcontrast widgets?
From: Peter Korn <Peter.Korn () Sun ! COM>
Date: 2007-11-06 0:44:50
Message-ID: 472FB902.4060005 () sun ! com
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Hi Willie, Calum,
We might want to bring in some Orca users.
So long as ESC works to dismiss these dialogs, I don't see an impediment
to removing the CLOSE button. I guess the issue is that blind users
wouldn't be able to tell when a dialog box is close-able that way (if
they can't navigate to an "X" in the window manager in a closeable
dialog that lacks a window menu with Alt-F4 close on it). Again, I
think we should get the input from some users...
Peter
>>> A big stopper for this was apparently the highcontrast themes, where
>>> the
>>> close button in the corner hit target is pretty small apparently.
>>
>>> Would something like this be doable?
>>> http://andreasn.se/diverse/temp/hc.png
>
> I think it would depend upon the window manager. I'm not sure what
> metacity provides for these. Peter would probably know.
>
>> I'm pretty sure the main accessibility concern was feedback from
>> screenreader users, who preferred the safety of an explicit Close
>> button in the main part of instant apply windows-- i.e. one that they
>> could Tab to, and that a screenreader would announce. IIRC, there
>> never used to be any way for screenreader users to tell if there was
>> a close button in the title bar or not, without pressing Ctrl-W or
>> Alt-F4 and listening to what happened, which is obviously an
>> unsatisfactory experience. I don't know off-hand if this situation
>> has improved with Orca.
>
> Orca certainly doesn't read the decorations of the window manager, and
> I'm not sure it can get access to them. So, having something people
> can tab to would still be useful.
>
> But...before speaking in generalities, do you have specific dialogs we
> could take a look at? I want to make sure I understand the problem
> better.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Will
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