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Idea #10540: Add Accessibility options from CompizConfig to Ubuntu by default.



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Written by animaniac the 30 Jun 08 at 23:13. Category: Accessibility.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Since Ubuntu is meant to be human friendly, I suggest adding the Accessibility settings from System>Preferences>Advanced Desktop Effects Settings (not installed by default) to System>Preferences>Assistive Technologies (or maybe elsewhere?). The rest i believe to be mostly eye candy, but these Accessibility settings can be crucial to ones productivity and should therefore be included by default.

Case1:
Elvis has problems concentrating with all the background windows or he gets confused which window is active, ADD Helper helps him find focus.

Case2:
Old John has bad eyesight, and even a 800x600 resolution seems soo small that it might just as well be 1600x1200, with the help of Enhanced Zoom Desktop he can easily enlarge on screen text to a size he can see without sodomizing the screen with his face.

I think the other accessibility options might be equally useful for some people, also the level to which they can be configured makes them flexible for people with different problems, so i also suggest that these tools be added in their current state without simplification (if it aint broke...).

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Ssdg wrote on the 1 Jul 08 at 07:43
I don't think the whole compiz settings should be moved because of just 2 plugins out of twenty (approximatively). Sorry, but -1

animaniac wrote on the 1 Jul 08 at 09:55
Actually its more like 8 plugins out of 60. I only gave cases for two. Also its these 8/60 that might really mean allot to some users. Unlike plugins like the water effect.

tgape wrote on the 29 Jul 08 at 00:37
Note: I believe there are times when it makes sense to have two different places where the same options are shown. One of them is when one of the places where the options are shown is not specific to any one application.

As such, I feel these accessibility options should be included with other accessibility options, as well as continuing to exist within the control panel for the application which provides these options.


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