From: David Bolter (david.bolter@utoronto.ca)
Date: 04/07/03
That's great Bill! I am pleased to hear it will be included.
cheers,
David
Bill Haneman wrote:
>Hi Simon/David:
>
>Thanks for this, it's great!
>
>I uploaded this tarball to ftp.gnome.org's tarball archive so that it
>can be included in the 2.3.0.1 (unstable) release.
>
>If you don't want it included in the release, please email Jeff Waugh
>about it: jdub@perkypants.org; I know Jeff and some others were keen on
>getting GOK into the 2.3 developer snapshot series.
>
>thanks
>
>Bill
>
>
>On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 22:35, Simon Bates wrote:
>
>
>>The GOK team is very pleased to announce the availability of GOK 0.7.0
>>
>>Please note that this is an unstable release and that GOK may crash or
>>behave unexpectedly. With this in mind we would like to thank you very
>>much for your interest in GOK and hope very much that you find it
>>useful.
>>
>>Getting GOK
>>===========
>>
>>GOK 0.7.0 is now available for download from:
>>
>>http://gok.ca/gok-0.7.0.tar.gz
>>
>>You can find more information about GOK such as documentation and slides
>>from presentations that we have given on the GOK website at:
>>
>>http://www.gok.ca
>>
>>Overview
>>========
>>
>>The GNOME On-screen Keyboard (GOK) is a dynamic on-screen keyboard for
>>UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. It features Direct Selection,
>>Dwell Selection, Automatic Scanning and Inverse Scanning access methods
>>and includes word completion.
>>
>>GOK includes an alphanumeric keyboard and a keyboard for launching
>>applications. Keyboards are specified in XML enabling existing
>>keyboards to be modified and new keyboards to be created. The access
>>methods are also specified in XML providing the ability to modify
>>existing access methods and create new ones.
>>
>>GOK is not limited to presenting keyboards that have been designed by
>>hand and is able to dynamically create keyboards so that it can adapt to
>>the user's current situation. GOK is able to redisplay components of
>>the user interfaces of running applications directly within GOK as
>>keyboards. This provides efficient access to elements of the user
>>interface, removing the need to navigate the interface indirectly though
>>keyboard accelerators. GOK supports the redisplay of application menus
>>and toolbars. GOK contains a window activator keyboard that lists the
>>current windows on the desktop and provides the ability to switch
>>between them.
>>
>>Users have the option of setting key width, height, and spacing as well
>>as visual and auditory feedback on highlighting and selection.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>The GOK Team.
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>>
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