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and screen reader support If you look at how classic Win32 applications are constructed, I don't think you need anywhere near the support for screen reader sof

and screen reader support If you look at how classic Win32 applications are constructed, I don't think you need anywhere near the support for screen reader software that you do with modern applications. All of the elements of a dialog box, for example, are constructed from a standard set of controls, and can be interrogated programmatically for their text. I don't know anything about the internals of BeOS software, but I would bet that it's closer to Win32 in this regard than it is to more modern UI systems.

jchw 1y ago
Just to be completely clear I'm not suggesting the BeOS APIs are insufficient to implement robust screen reader support, just that Windows XP actually did implement it, from the ground up, and integrated it into Win32. I would love it if Cosmoe (and in general, more niche toolkits) would do this, too. It's non-trivial work so it's not like I expect it, but it makes using this toolkit for real programs intended for a general audience much more reasonable.