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GNOME Wins Award For Accessability Architecture

Posted by timothy on from the toes-up dept.

Motor writes: "The fine GTK/GNOME accessibility architecture work done by Sun Microsystems has won an award from the American Foundation for the Blind. See more details here. Accessibility is a vital feature for any desktop system hoping for widespread use, so this is great news."

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  1. Gnome2's simplicity is nice. by reaper20 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have to admit, the first time I started using G2D, I was irritated by the lack of config options, the fact that the buttons were all rearranged, and that I was lost in a once familiar desktop.

    Now that I've been using it for a while, I think G2D is a classic case of 'less is more'. It feels light and less obtrusive, and everything does feel more consistent across the board. The rearranged Ok, Submit, Cancel (or whatever) buttons really took some getting used to, but now, I think I'm quicker at using the dialogs themselves, I know where each button will be.

    I think developers should take a note from the Gnome team. The Mozilla Preferences, Gnome1.2 CC, KDE CC, and even Galeon's Pref panel are getting out of hand. If we want to be newbie friendly, make some sane choices the default, but leave the door open for advanced users to tweak.

    Just the same, there's no excuse for that file dialog - it's embarrassing showing off Gnome to a newbie and having the user run into it and go "blech".