Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Question about mouse pointer positioning

Hi Malte,

thanks for the explanation and your help!

Cheers,
Christoph


Am Freitag, den 07.10.2011, 18:34 +0200 schrieb Malte Timmermann:
> Hi Astron,
>
> I doubt that this feature is useful.
>
> OOo has it because... Windows has/had it. And the Windows feature 
> doesn't work within OOo, as OOo has it's own Window system.
>
> AT doesn't care. If a dialog pops up, they will read/magnify the focused 
> element.
>
> A Magnifier would follow the mouse when the user moves it - but for 
> dialog popup, the focus is the more interesting thing.
>
> I don't see any good reason for keeping that feature, so if no one 
> complains, feel free to get rid of it.
>
> Malte.
>
> On 28.09.2011 22:01, Astron wrote:
> > Hi Christophe!
> >
> > > I have never used this feature, but I'm not an AT user. The best place to
> > > ask is a list where many subscribers are persons with a disability. I could
> > > ask on a French list that I subscribe to.
> >
> > I had hoped that people with visual impairments (or not? is that the
> > target group of the feature?) would be subscribed to the accessibility
> > list... Thank you for the offer of posting it on another list: please
> > go ahead!
> > Would you mind posting a link here? My French is probably not good
> > enough for translating the request, but I should have enough left of
> > it to read the responses.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Astron.



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