Snappy and Ubuntu Desktop

[Jamie Strandboge]

On 04/21/2015 07:40 AM, Majid HUSSAIN wrote:
> hi there,
> what about accessibility tools such as gnome-orca?
> how would that function if they run isolated?
> I'm blind, so this question would apply.

How the Ubuntu Desktop on snappy will be laid out is still in discussion.
Accessibility would either be part of the desktop base image or implemented as a
snappy framework.

> thanks,
> Majid Hussain
> 
> On 21/04/2015, Alexander Sack <asac at canonical.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Nick McCloud <nick at descartes.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21 Apr 2015, at 11:49, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>> Am Dienstag, den 21.04.2015, 11:24 +0100 schrieb Nick McCloud:
>>>>> My understanding of the project is that having a full desktop
>>>>> environment is not a use case it is designed. If you could get a snap
>>>>> together that had a desktop environment in it, it would be mighty
>>>>> similar to an LTS release with additional controls on the update
>>>>> mechanism.
>>>> pretty much the exact opposite is the case, snappy is the future of
>>>> Ubuntu everywhere (even on the desktop) ... if we say Convergence we
>>>> actually mean that you run *exactly* the same OS on *all* devices.
>>>> Convergence isn't just "uuh, my app adapts to a different form
>>>> factor" ;)
>>>
>>> Fair enough but I really didn't get that from the initial scan of the
>>> marketing blurb - I'll re-read it!
>>>
>>> And on the topic of web pages - per my email from yesterday, how might I
>>> best relay corrections to the Getting started, Using snappy and Build
>>> snaps pages?
>>
>> To be fair, I don't think there is a universal truth on how one would
>> realize a desktop stack using ubuntu core + frameworks. I can see how
>> making one big framework could make sense for some desktop type
>> stacks, while for others a more fine grained break down could make
>> sense.
>>
>> What matters is that frameworks are not meant to replace fine grained
>> deb packages. How something like a desktop stack is best split up is
>> something that would need to be architected, prototyped and iterated
>> on.
>>
>> On size of framework, guideline is: if it makes sense to do something
>> from architecture pov, dont worry about size.
>>
>>  - Alexander
>>
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>>
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Jamie Strandboge                 http://www.ubuntu.com/

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