What happened with Firefox 25?

[Christopher Chaltain]

I don't understand the analogy with Android. Android runs on smart 
phones and tablets and a few other devices. It doesn't run on laptops, 
desktops or servers. It isn't clear what the future relationship will be 
between Android and ChromeOS.

Canonical has 500 employees, the last I knew, and not all of these were 
working on Ubuntu development. How many employees does Google have and 
how many developers are working on Android? Canonical is not making a 
profit. What is Google's profit and the other companies contributing to 
Android?

As the saying goes, I think comparing Ubuntu to Android is like 
comparing apples to oranges.

On 10/30/2013 05:00 PM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> Well, I see that Ubuntu wishes to be on tabs or phones or all other such
> machines, but I don't clearly see that the vission has accessibility
> that seriously.
> These days I hear that android is quite improved on accessibility and
> has done so pritty quickly.
> This is what it means by being serious about accessibility.
> happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
> On 10/31/2013 01:21 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
>> On 10/30/2013 02:19 PM, Nolan Darilek wrote:
>>> On 10/30/2013 11:19 AM, Luke Yelavich wrote:
>>>> If there were more resources, more effort could be put into supporting
>>>> interim releases. Luke
>>>
>>> I agree. It's a shame that Canonical is so focused on replacing GNOME
>>> with Unity, replacing Wayland with Mir, building its own cloud
>>> deployment solution, putting Ubuntu on every device, that it only has a
>>> single developer to spare for access, which is why I've asked for years
>>> what meaningful action can be done about that. Even Android pushes out
>>> accessibility improvements faster than does Ubuntu these days. But there
>>> just doesn't seem like enough interest from Canonical--too busy
>>> pandering to their able-bodied users I suppose--so I'm at a loss.
>>>
>>> The issue isn't resources. It's priorities.
>>
>> I agree it's a shame there aren't more resources for accessibility,
>> and it is obviously a case of priorities and not resources. I don't
>> agree though that it's a case of Canonical just pandering to their
>> able bodied users. Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical have a vision of an
>> OS that encompasses smart phones, tablets, laptops, desktops and
>> servers. I want to see this vision succeed, and I want to see ubuntu
>> rival Windows, Android and the Apple OS's. I think this will benefit
>> all computer users, including the blind. Last I knew, Canonical was
>> trying to accomplish this, and build their commercial business, with
>> around 500 employees and has yet to make a profit.
>>
>> I agree we should be clambering for more resources for accessibility
>> and we should be demanding that accessibility be a higher priority,
>> but I don't think that we should be asking Canonical to give up it's
>> vision to accomplish this or that we should mis characterize these
>> efforts as just pandering to their sighted users.
>>
>

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Christopher (CJ)
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