Re: Need a proper UI to 'Enable access for assistive devices'
Re: Need a proper UI to 'Enable access for assistive devices'
- Subject: Re: Need a proper UI to 'Enable access for assistive devices'
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 06:09:07 -0400
on 03-05-12 6:43 AM, Matt Gough at email@hidden wrote:
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Whilst I can understand the reason for not having an API that lets
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applications enable/disable 'access for assistive devices' on-the-fly, I
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really think that there should be some way of getting the user to enable
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this preference without having to explain opening 'Universal Access' and
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clicking the relevant check-box. It is a nightmare having to try and explain
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these steps in software.
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It would be nice to have something like the Authentication API stuff that
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comes up with a dialog of the sort:
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Application "XYZ" wants to enable access for assistive devices. Do you want
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to allow this? (This may leave your computer vulnerable to viruses etc)
Hear hear! Or even just a simple API (with AppleScript support) to turn it
on and off without authentication or confirmation, as with Folder Actions. I
don't see any unusual security issues here, and leaving accessibility
running all the time doesn't seem to cause any slowdown or other problem.
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Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
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