Re: GNUstep improvements bounty

[Sheldon Gill]

address@hidden wrote:
> > > Alex Perez has suggested using some of the funds that GNUstep has  
> > > (and/or directed donations from individuals) to fund a part-time  
> > > programmer to improve GNUstep.  Some specific projects include  
>
> ... 
>
> > May be we could create smaller bounties for more specific stuff, here  
> > are some ideas :
>
> I'd like to add accessibility to the list:
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Accessibility/AccessibilityCocoa.pdf
>
> I think this going to be an increasingly hot issue for people deploying
> applications into regulated environments such as government and
> education sectors, in addition to the rather more basic interest in
> making GNUstep useful to a diverse user population.

I also think Accessibility is an important addition but it is unfortunately a 
rather complex topic.
{I worked with various special needs in the past and so have more experience 
with accessibility than most}

The problem is compounded at the moment because there are many different 
efforts to add better accessibility support to *nix, none of which are 
reasonably mature.

Further, fully featured support is something that needs to be integrated into 
the desktop rather than something that can be simply added to -core.

Thus, I don't think it's something we can just add to the list and attribute a 
bounty to.

However, Accessibility and complex input methods are actually quite closely 
related topics at the developer level. We can certainly move GNUstep closer to 
the goal by working on support for diverse input methods. While this is only 
part of what is required, it does get us closer and gives an immediate benefit 
of better multi-lingual support which is also needed.

There are probably a few other small specific tasks we can add to the list to 
prepare a better foundation for this, too.


Regards,
Sheldon