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   Devin Prater :blind: (devinprater@tweesecake.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:45:08 JST Devin Prater :blind:

   so my start menu stopped working again. On a whim, I hit Windows + S to see if the search box thing would open. It didn't. But then I hit the windows key again, and the start menu works again now. Somehow. For some reason. Anyway yeah that's a thing.

   #accessibility #windows #win11

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     KDE (kde@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:44:48 JST KDE

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     @gnutelephony @devinprater @jcsteh @ubuntu

     We are trying very hard to get this right. We have a goal specifically for this:

     https://community.kde.org/Goals/KDE_For_All

     If you could join us and share your feedback and advice, it would be invaluably helpful for us.

     You can also join the conversation here:

     https://matrix.to/#/#kde-accessibility:kde.org

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:44:51 JST gnutelephony

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     @devinprater @kkarhan@mstdn.social @jcsteh @ubuntu I am in this very situation. What we had back in say 2002 would have been FAR more usable to me than what we have with gnome and wayland today. I am hoping just maybe @kde may yet get this right...

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     Devin Prater :blind: (devinprater@tweesecake.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:44:52 JST Devin Prater :blind:

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     @kkarhan @jcsteh @ubuntu Lol. Yeah. Linux is better for non-disabled people, yes. I've tried, time and time again, over several years, to switch to Linux. They've *all* failed. So enjoy your foss and hope you never go blind.

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     Kevin Karhan :verified: (kkarhan@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:44:53 JST Kevin Karhan :verified:

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     @jcsteh @devinprater Because #Windows is inherently #unfixable and it's dying a slow and painful death...

     Which is good, actually, because now people can realize that #Linux distros like @ubuntu are in fact better for them...

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     Jamie Teh (jcsteh@aus.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:44:57 JST Jamie Teh

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     @devinprater Isn't Win11 great? It's good to know they still haven't properly fixed that bug in a core part of Windows that everyone uses every day.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:51:35 JST gnutelephony

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     @kde @devinprater @jcsteh @ubuntu well, to start with, that goals page is not readable to me (well, outside of using tts). It would help if it supported the browsers chosen theme, but it seems to only offer black text on bright white for me. Having better accessibility considered in user facing sites would be a nice place to start.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 19:54:06 JST gnutelephony

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     @kde @devinprater @jcsteh @ubuntu I did not mean to pick on that, but we do need to be more than aspirational. Accessibility should be part of everything we try to do, and different people have different needs.

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     KDE (kde@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 21:09:39 JST KDE

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     @gnutelephony @devinprater @jcsteh @ubuntu

     Will let the people responsible for the goal know about this. Thanks!

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     KDE (kde@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 02:20:10 JST KDE

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     @gnutelephony @devinprater @jcsteh @ubuntu

     We totally agree. And it has been too long coming. We intend to make amends with this goal and the input and help of the people who need it most.

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     KDE (kde@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 03:46:27 JST KDE

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     @devinprater @gnutelephony @jcsteh @ubuntu

     Of course:

     https://community.kde.org/Matrix

     You can create a user on KDE's server (kde.org) or connect from another Matrix server if you already have an account there.

     Just make sure that when you are searching for rooms, you choose the KDE server from the drop down menu in the upper right hand corner of the dialogue.

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     Devin Prater :blind: (devinprater@tweesecake.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 03:46:29 JST Devin Prater :blind:

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     @kde @gnutelephony @jcsteh @ubuntu So I tried to join the Matrix room, but do I have to make an account on the KDE server to join it? I'm using Element. Is there an FAQ that talks about how to do this?