From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Jlq3c-0007X8-00 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:39:04 -0400 Received: from OMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.51]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Du1j1Z05B16LCl05500x00; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:36:45 +0000 Received: from [10.55.1.83] ([192.195.230.250]) by OMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id DueK1Z00U5Qo5PC3S00000; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:38:31 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=3EAWN9ttAAAA:8 a=ggbMWzCUBk-hkmBtfs0A:9 a=d1Y53cJuH1n5QLy7nSgA:7 a=29LKIJHyJ34RmCuTNN7uZ4tTl04A:4 a=hpF-ijbX5cwA:10 a=xe8BsctaAAAA:8 a=gUTHMV9BCmCYdJskseAA:9 a=6Yb4VgvpgZyiZJhp-fiYeAMQ0F8A:4 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 Message-ID: <4804F662.4050403@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:39:30 -0500 From: Garrett Klein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speakup Web Site References: <7886E30AFD334C46A3C6F8BD7C185F6F039B8B3D@COCMAIL3.coc.ca> <200804151721.m3FHLQrm011509@mail804.megamailservers.com> In-Reply-To: <200804151721.m3FHLQrm011509@mail804.megamailservers.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------010800050709080501040902" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:39:04 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010800050709080501040902 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What I think would be nice is some page with the latest status of speakup in distributions (e.g. Slackware, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo) and possibly user-contributed instructions as to what is required to get it working (like on Gentoo, which is kind of fun since it does everything from source). I think one of the big problems right now is that people want their distro to "just work" (tm), but don't know what they can just download and burn to get a talking console. I mean, Ubuntu is all the rage lately and that's great, but it's not too cool if you want speakup. Okay, I'm done ranting. Garrett Gaijin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 05:04:30PM +0200, Willem van der Walt wrote: >> 3. have an indication of dead none-working programs if they are still >> shown. > > I would be more interested in working programs, myself, starting > with the best first and optionally detailing problems and their > work-arounds, if any. FTP site organization in a tree > structured format would be nice, too. Especially for us > near-clueless newbies. Personally, I work best starting with > descriptive topic links and being able to run a serch that's > likely to find the topic I'm looking for, searching for > words/text like "compil", "keys", and "compatib", and knowing > I'll find compiling instructions, defined keystrokes, and > compatible software, respectively. Key topics being listed in > alphabetical order would also be helpful for people so new that > they don't know how to use search would even be a help if an > index becomes a bit large. Just tossing out ideas, not > suggestions. HTH, > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > --------------010800050709080501040902--