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Good bye, accessibility.

antiloper 11mo ago
Why?
breve 11mo ago
KDE's been putting a lot of work into accessibility on Wayland. What accessibility features will you be missing in KDE Plasma 6.8?
tmtvl 11mo ago
They're working on it: <https://www.kdab.com/enhancing-accessibility-and-creative-tools-in-kde-plasma-wayland/ https://www.kdab.com/enhancing-accessibility-and-creative-to...> Also 6.8 is at least 2 years out, so there's still time to work the remaining issues out. As far as I know only speech input remains a major problem, so hopefully they'll figure that out.
- Ferret7446 11mo ago
  It'd be nice if they could finish it before "forcing" it on everyone. > Also 6.8 is at least 2 years out It's been decades since Wayland was "ready". But surely two more years...
  - tmtvl 11mo ago
    I'm sure the good people at KDE wouldn't mind delaying 6.8 if more work is needed for something as important as accessibility. And let's be real: if you don't need voice input then KDE on Wayland is ready.
  - Balinares 11mo ago
    No one is "forcing" anything on you, and I'm finding this argument increasingly disingenuous. If you prefer the current versions then you're entirely free to keep them. But you do not get to demand that future versions are only ever implemented your way. If that's what you want, fork the project or pay someone to do it for you. Acting entitled about the work of volunteers who are sharing it with you for free is not a good look.
  - StopDisinfo910 11mo ago
    > It's been decades since Wayland was "ready". Decades? Really? Wayland very first release was 17 years ago in 2008 and QT didn't support it until 2015. xdg-desktop-portal first stable release was in 2018 and PipeWire in 2023. I thought we had peaked with systemd when it came to FUD here but Wayland might give it a run for its money.
  - vrighter 11mo ago
    Wayland isn't decadeS (plural) old. So it can't have been ready that long. And it still isn't. It's a design-by-committee type of thing.
  - jonathaneunice 11mo ago
    Wayland is the IPv6 of the windowed display world. The bright, complete, unfettered future always just a few more versions and a few more years over the horizon.

Why?

breve 11mo ago

KDE's been putting a lot of work into accessibility on Wayland. What accessibility features will you be missing in KDE Plasma 6.8?

tmtvl 11mo ago

They're working on it: <https://www.kdab.com/enhancing-accessibility-and-creative-tools-in-kde-plasma-wayland/ https://www.kdab.com/enhancing-accessibility-and-creative-to...> Also 6.8 is at least 2 years out, so there's still time to work the remaining issues out. As far as I know only speech input remains a major problem, so hopefully they'll figure that out.

Ferret7446 11mo ago
It'd be nice if they could finish it before "forcing" it on everyone. > Also 6.8 is at least 2 years out It's been decades since Wayland was "ready". But surely two more years...
- tmtvl 11mo ago
  I'm sure the good people at KDE wouldn't mind delaying 6.8 if more work is needed for something as important as accessibility. And let's be real: if you don't need voice input then KDE on Wayland is ready.
- Balinares 11mo ago
  No one is "forcing" anything on you, and I'm finding this argument increasingly disingenuous. If you prefer the current versions then you're entirely free to keep them. But you do not get to demand that future versions are only ever implemented your way. If that's what you want, fork the project or pay someone to do it for you. Acting entitled about the work of volunteers who are sharing it with you for free is not a good look.
- StopDisinfo910 11mo ago
  > It's been decades since Wayland was "ready". Decades? Really? Wayland very first release was 17 years ago in 2008 and QT didn't support it until 2015. xdg-desktop-portal first stable release was in 2018 and PipeWire in 2023. I thought we had peaked with systemd when it came to FUD here but Wayland might give it a run for its money.
- vrighter 11mo ago
  Wayland isn't decadeS (plural) old. So it can't have been ready that long. And it still isn't. It's a design-by-committee type of thing.
- jonathaneunice 11mo ago
  Wayland is the IPv6 of the windowed display world. The bright, complete, unfettered future always just a few more versions and a few more years over the horizon.