[Kde-accessibility] An accessible Qt? I think not.

Leo Spalteholz leo.spalteholz at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 19:38:21 CET 2005


On 11/16/05, Peter Korn <Peter.Korn at sun.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Word on MSAA's lifespan seems to go back and forth.  I wouldn't be surprised
> if things written to MSAA get exposed in UI Automation with a "connector" (or
> whatever is their current terminology for a bridge).  Nontheless, Microsoft
> clearly sees it as an insufficient interface as well, which is why they are
> going with UI Automation.  Also an insufficiently extensible interface (which
> is why this isn't simply an up-rev of MSAA).

Microsoft says that MSAA will be supported for the lifetime of Vista,
and UI Automation will be supported in Windows XP as well as Vista. 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnacc/html/ui_automation_over.asp

Leo


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