19 Jan
2005
19 Jan
'05
1:21 p.m.
Mario Lang <mlang(a)delysid.org> writes:
Janina, I certainly understand your point, but I also
think there
is a danger here. We shouldn't tell people that if they *only* use
GTK2, all is well. After all, I still prefer the text based
user interfaces very much above using Gnopernicus and GNOME. I wouldn't
like if GNOME accessibility ment that flexible program design goes
down the drain.
I didn't take his message in that sense. Just that it may be possible
to do something with less than a major version rework of JAMin.
Jack, I really like the idea of expanding on the OSC
interface and making
parameters OSC controllable, that allows for easy scripting and
remote control from whatever app you might end up needing it.
Agreed. It would be good to have. Eventually, someone will probably
provide general support for passing MIDI controller input over OSC.
That might make a good "eyes free" interface.
That said, yes, it is wonderful that GTK2 now offers
some sort
of accessibility support, but I am not convinced that this is
the best we can get. The UNIX idea, keep it simple and flexible, is
what fascinates me about Linux/Unix apps, not "a desktop".
In fact, judging from my personal taste, I am not sure if I am going
to use GNOME for much else than running Mozilla (if that ever
starts to be useful). I still feel that using a classical GUI
if you are blind is an error per design. True, it might be a good workaround,
but it is in no way the ideal interface. And it wastes CPU cycles,
maybe even increases latency, to use all the overhead...
Not the best, but better than nothing, perhaps.
--
joq "If it's stupid and it works, it ain't stupid."