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<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, I'm a blind
software engineer and most of my experience concentrates on Linux and
unix.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recently, an
organization here in Israel offers support for people who are willing to
contribute to the opensource community,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>either by developing
a new project or contributing to an ongoing one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>while the textual
command line Linux is accessable, the gui linux is much less and needs
improving.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought to invest
on this area and contribute to improve the gui accessibility so that users may
have full access to openoffice, firefox and any other gui based
bpplication.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I did not keep track
after this area during a year, but it ssems not much has changed since
then.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Am I correct in this
or somebody has other news for me?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I know
gnopernicus and I even tried it for a very little while with my Vario braille
display with no much success</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>concluding that
Gnopernicus has way to go.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>and, if indeed I'll
decide to take sucha project under my responsability,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought to
concentrate on Gnopernicus and further develop it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't want to
"invent the wheel" so my questions to the list are as
follows:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Is there any
on-going development on Gnopernicus or is it quite a stuck
project?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Are there other
software and developments in this area currently?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Does the route of
developing Gnopernicus is a correct idea, or would you suggest other
ideas?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. Gnopernicus is
part of Gnome. Is there something also for kde?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is for me a
kind of research and "sniffing" of this area before I decide to jump into
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any feedback and
idea will be most appreciated.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=312312923-29102005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you all in
advance, Rafi.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>