RE: off-list wb!! Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Latest LibreOffice and Java access Bridge

Hi,

(My comments are inline.)

Am Do, 6.12.2012, 19:18 schrieb V Stuart Foote:
> (...)
>
>
> Unfortunately, the winaccessibility IAccessible2 implementation of the IBM
> Symphony contribution (or the rest of Symphony base line) did not get
> picked up for inclusion in the current development effort. So it has NOT
> been released as open source and the responsible IBM devs are working on
> their contributions in house.

What do you mean by "not been releases as open source"? I thought the
IAccessible2 code had been sitting in the Child Work Spaces:
<http://hg.services.openoffice.org/>.


> That is bad for LibreOffice because there
> has been some reluctance to start from scratch on building a native bridge
> for Windows OS implementing IAccessible2 <-> UNO Accessibility API
> anticipating the IBM contribution would be released near term.

My understanding was their was reluctance to do the integration of IBM's
IAccessible2 code before OpenOffice had done it because that would mean
duplication of work.


> So, we'll either have to  continue to wait. Or one of our LibreOffice
> developers would need to take an interest and use either the
> NSAccessibility (OSX) or AT/ATK (Linux & GNOME) bridge as a model to
> expose the UNO Accessibility API roles as IAccessible2 for the Windows
> builds.
>
> But, what really should happen is that the UNO Accessibility API should be
> scrubbed for additional functionality--adjusting the NSAccessibility and
> AT/ATK bridges accordingly--and a new Windows bridge conceived. It could
> be IAccessible2/MSAA based or even Microsoft UIAutomation/IAccessibleEx
> based.

Creating a bridge to UIAutomation would mean developing that from scratch,
unlike integrating the IAccessible2 code. (Unless I missed something
really important, which is perfectly possible.)

Best regards,

Christophe Strobbe


> Point is that the base line UNO Accessibility API does need some
> additional work. And since it is the framework for ALL LibreOffice
> Accessibility the development could be spread across a broader pool of
> developers and done correctly.
>
> Stuart
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tom Davies [tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 11:29 AM
> To: V Stuart Foote
> Subject: off-list wb!! Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Latest LibreOffice
> and Java access Bridge
>
> Hi :)
>
> Great to find you on the list again!  Also good about the positive news
> but the main thing is finding a new post from you chap.  Hopefully a few
> other people might start posting again now if i haven't scared them off
> again already.
> Regards from
> Tom  :)
>
>
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