[Kde-accessibility] Re: [kde-promo] Fwd: Free Standards Group Accessibility Workgroup

[Martin Konold]

Am Tuesday 07 October 2003 05:06 pm schrieb Gunnar Schmi Dt:

Hi Gunnar,


> On October 20, we want to announce the working group in a press release. In

> For KDE I would like to formulate some lines that show that KDE will have
> interest in the results of the working group. This will be something as
> follows:
>
> <statement>
> The current graphical user interfaces on Linux contain a lot of obstacles
> to people who cannot handle a keyboard or a mouse as quickly as most
> people, or who have low vision. We, people involved in the KDE project, do
> not want this social exclusion to persist.

I dont like this very negative statement about Linux in a press release. 
Actually it is also missleading. E.g. (SuSE) Linux has since a long time the 
capability to be installed with a Braille device. Also the GUIs of Linux have 
already since a long time features which help the disabled. Of course there 
is very much room for improvement! 

Regards,
-- martin

Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold
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