Spoiler : project codenamed houdini

Sat Oct 7 03:27:30 UTC 2017

I didn't know we used tape deck buttons as icons.
I've never seen an icon. :)

> On Oct 6, 2017, at 9:42 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Well,
> 
> sometimes reinventing the wheel isn't making something new but a shift
> of current paradigms, like how we still use vhs player/tape deck
> buttons as icons in operating systems.
> 
> For Sonar/Vinux, I was behind the scene for a while, I jumped in when
> they a merge or a collaboration between the two was put public but I
> leave it be, I can't give out straight my ideas and they don't catch
> that I may have ideas to fix all this mess once and for all, just
> found how I could achieve my path so I may try soon.(either live-build
> or refracta)
> 
> I put Colord in a tray, it could answer some apps design issues but
> for the custom desktop I plan to build, it will be useless by default.
> 
> Your ideas are noted, I may have a trick in my sleeve to implement one
> later quite easily.
> 
> 2017-10-06 5:11 UTC−04:00, Linux for blind general discussion
> <blinux-list at redhat.com>:
>> Howdy Mike,
>> 
>>> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility
>> Awsome :) idea! But I wonder if it is not more efficient to join the
>> vinux or sonar team and increase their manpower and implement missing
>> features insteed of reainvent the wheel over and over?
>> Sonar (it seems the offical site is down currently):
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/sonargnulinux/
>> vinux:
>> http://vinuxproject.org/
>> 
>>> designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
>>> interface with nice aesthetics
>> does this mean that you want to create your own Destkop environment?
>> About colorblind, maybe you are interested in colord. its an color
>> management serverice using ICC profiles. maybe its useful to make
>> red/green or grayscale ICC profiles using your desktop (and would have
>> the nice side effect thats also useable on other desktops as well).
>> Just an idea.
>> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/
>> 
>>> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
>>> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
>> Maybe an stand alone Magnification tool would be awsome :). I also
>> remember that there was also a need to have a tool for "hands free"
>> desktop control for people with motoric problems using at-spi, eye
>> tracking and voice control (in fact there is nothing useful
>> currently). I wanted to start working on last one but could not find
>> the time currently, but its still on my Todo list (like too many other
>> things lol).
>> 
>> cheers chrys
>> 
>> Zitat von Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>:
>> 
>>> Hello everybody out there using Linux –
>>> 
>>> I'm conceiving a Linux distribution with accessibility and some
>>> assistive technology, designing a colorblind/impaired accessible
>>> interface with nice aesthetics, I did a few tests and it ended just as
>>> expected, this alone may bring Linux to beat Mac os X on accessibility
>>> side,
>>> 
>>> It will be on top of Debian with apt-pinning for development purposes,
>>> the 3 branches and the packages locking feature, will be used to allow
>>> developpers to easily replicate bugs to fix them, allowing a
>>> pseudo-versionning system at the same time, used the setup a while,
>>> overall it was a breeze.
>>> 
>>> My next aim would be to trim the system, hoping to be able to use a
>>> window manager or a light desktop manager with accessibility tools,
>>> accessibility reports of desktop environments, window managers and
>>> softwares would be useful.
>>> 
>>> At this point, I could slowly make a working setup, the issue is to
>>> create the iso with a decent installer, name/logo/design is thinked
>>> yet, so I mostly lack a coder and a graphist, otherwise it goes way
>>> above what I expected for now.
>>> 
>>> I also have a load of ideas I could implement later but understand
>>> that the Debian focus don't mean it will be locked to it.
>>> 
>>> I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions
>>> are welcome, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them. :)
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> Note : Didn't knew the rules for linking the project or contact
>>> informations so I didn't put anything to identify it and myself for
>>> now ...
>>> 
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