GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 386413
Depricate the AT selection from the AT Preferences dialog
Last modified: 2007-04-26 11:19:22 UTC
Per the GNOME Summit in Boston (2006), the GNOME Accessibility team decided to move the AT selection to Preferred Applications. See bug 350263. The Assitive Technology Preferences dialog can be used for other settings besides which AT is to be used.
Rationale http://live.gnome.org/GAP/ScratchPad/PreferredAppliations
Here is a proposed prototype to change the gnome-at-properties dialog. The user will now select ATs from the Preferred Applications dialog per 350263. http://www.freestandards.org/~gk4/a11y/atprop.png
Created attachment 80424 [details] [review] prototype 20070116 This is a prototype to remove the AT selection checkbuttons and to add a push button for gnome-default-applications-properties.
The 'Preferences' button doesn't seem very clear. The user is already looking at a preferences window. I'd suggest either - 'Open Preferred Applications...', similar to the button in the Keyboard preferences - label text that conveys the actions, such as 'Choose Applications...', with an ellipsis as it opens something else.
Created attachment 85826 [details] [review] proposed patch 20070404 for GNOME 2.19 This patch has been ported to the subversion trunk for GNOME 2.19. Please apply after 350263 has been committed. http://live.gnome.org/GAP/ScratchPad/PreferredApplications
Created attachment 86114 [details] [review] release candidate 20070410 for GNOME 2.19 Implemented change request for the push button label, and included a ChangeLog.
Created attachment 86307 [details] [review] release candidate 20070413 for GNOME 2.19 I received some feedback that gnome-at-properties was too sparse after moving the AT selection to Preferred Applications. In addition to launching the Preferred Applications dialog for accessibility, I have added the launching of the Accessible Keyboard and Accessible Login dialogs. Here is a screen shot. http://live.gnome.org/GAP/ScratchPad/PreferredApplications?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=atprop3.png
Rodrigo, thanks for reviewing and committing the prerequisite. Could you please review and commit this patch?
Committed