{"id":12856,"date":"2014-03-29T04:40:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T08:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=12856"},"modified":"2014-03-29T04:40:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T08:40:19","slug":"ask-slashdot-how-to-handle-unfixed-linux-accessibility-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/open-source-software\/ask-slashdot-how-to-handle-unfixed-linux-accessibility-bugs.php","title":{"rendered":"Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>dotancohen (1015143) writes \"It    is commonly said that open source software is preferable    because if you need something changed, you can change it    yourself. Well, I am not an Xorg developer and I cannot    maintain a separate Xorg fork. Xorg version 1.13.1 introduced    a bug which breaks the \"Sticky Keys\" accessibility option.    Thus, handicapped users who rely on the feature cannot use    Xorg-based systems with the affected versions and are stuck on    older software versions. Though all pre-bug Linux distros are    soon scheduled for retirement, there seems to be no fix in    sight. Should disabled users stick with outdated, vulnerable,    and unsupported Linux distros or should we move to OS-X \/    Windows?    <\/p>\n<p>      The prospect of changing my OS, applications, and practices      due to such an ostensibly small issue is frightening. Note      that we are not discussing 'I don't like change' but rather      'this unintentional change is incompatible with my physical      disability.' Thus this is not a case of every change breaks someone's      workflow.\"    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.feedsportal.com\/c\/35028\/f\/647392\/s\/38be609a\/sc\/4\/l\/0Llinux0Bslashdot0Borg0Cstory0C140C0A30C290C0A1132370Cask0Eslashdot0Ehow0Eto0Ehandle0Eunfixed0Elinux0Eaccessibility0Ebugs0Dutm0Isource0Frss10B0Amainlinkanon0Gutm0Imedium0Ffeed\/story01.htm\/RS=^ADAEm9LZO.OkS8l7Vwu2UKAtUrxkZ4-\" title=\"Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs?\">Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> dotancohen (1015143) writes \"It is commonly said that open source software is preferable because if you need something changed, you can change it yourself. Well, I am not an Xorg developer and I cannot maintain a separate Xorg fork. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-source-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}