What happened with Firefox 25?

[Krishnakant Mane]

It is just that it is an ICT and as far as android is concerned, for 
what ever it is ment, they take accessibility seriously.
Ubuntu is also an ICT (software/ OS of any kind is an important ICT 
component ).
So it is natural to think of accessibility and compare.
yet I agree that Google may have more employees.
That is one point we must take into consideration.
perhaps it is llike comparing a smaller oringe to a bigger one.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On 10/31/2013 03:43 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> 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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