Boosts appreciated. I'm close to moving back to Windows. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to hold oneself back, deny oneself better and easier accessibility in the name of open source, when many open source developers don't give a crap about accessibility, and/or don't educate themselves on it. KDE connect, GSConnect, all were inaccessible for one reason or another, not the least because of Gnome-shell's terrible accessibility issues. That was just the last straw. With the only thing holding me to Linux being Emacs+Emacspeak, I think its time to quit Linux and just use what actually works. It's interesting how being "free" just means being under the power and whim of other people, a mass of developers who have no insentive for accessibility, rather than a cohesive company who does. This is serious, and I want every developer to understand this, understand my deep frustration with FOSS. #FOSS #Linux #KDE #a11y #accessibility #Windows #comunism #capitalism #software #developers
I have to disagree on some of his points, but agree in some of them.
First: I’ve never used Accessibility options on Linux Distros, so i can’t say for sure if it’s or isn’t good, but if he’s blind and is concerning about that, he’s right.
Second: Clear it for me if i’m wrong, but i guess most Linux Developers are not specialized on porting accessibility on something, they’re developers, this kind of port needs to be made from someone who knows how to properly do it, like a professional in Braille, it’s not fair to fault developers on that.
It’s possible to fix this if Linux (open source in general) were most spread among casual people, most of them used to Windows btw.
It’s totally comprehensible his concerns, but faulting all FOSS community for that isn’t fair, as they’re always trying to join people on FOSS and Open Source in general.
I’d suggest for him to dual boot and try to join people on FOSS community, i’d never stop him for using Windows (I don’t know if accessibility on FreeBSD is fine btw) as he needs to do things by his own, but dual booting with Linux would be really great as he would spread his concerns more widely, as someone who needs these kind of tools.
I have to disagree on some of his points, but agree in some of them.
First: I’ve never used Accessibility options on Linux Distros, so i can’t say for sure if it’s or isn’t good, but if he’s blind and is concerning about that, he’s right.
Second: Clear it for me if i’m wrong, but i guess most Linux Developers are not specialized on porting accessibility on something, they’re developers, this kind of port needs to be made from someone who knows how to properly do it, like a professional in Braille, it’s not fair to fault developers on that. It’s possible to fix this if Linux (open source in general) were most spread among casual people, most of them used to Windows btw. It’s totally comprehensible his concerns, but faulting all FOSS community for that isn’t fair, as they’re always trying to join people on FOSS and Open Source in general. I’d suggest for him to dual boot and try to join people on FOSS community, i’d never stop him for using Windows (I don’t know if accessibility on FreeBSD is fine btw) as he needs to do things by his own, but dual booting with Linux would be really great as he would spread his concerns more widely, as someone who needs these kind of tools.