WxPython versus Tkinter.

[MRAB]

On 24/01/2011 18:48, rantingrick wrote:
> On Jan 24, 12:21 pm, "Littlefield, Tyler"<ty... at tysdomain.com>  wrote:
>
> [...snip: good discussion...]
>
>>   Rather, I believe
>> those pushing accessibility should concentrate on the root cause; that
>> of fixing TKInter, and not forcing everyone else to use a different library.
>
> Now you go too far!
>
> And this is an ironic position from someone who supports the stdlib
> GUI that IS forced on us by default. Sure you can choose a different
> library, but in the case of a user (and accessibility is a big USER
> concern when that user is handicapped!) the library is already chosen
> (Tkinter:which does not support accessibility) by the developer . I
> can also argue that Tkinter's inclusion in the stdlib is proliferating
> non-compliance with accessibility. I'll bet you would not park in a
> handicap spot however you support a GUI library that ignores handicap
> people? IRONIC!
>
>> I believe that the approach is the main key here, and I have had this
>> argument many times. If I wrote an app, and someone said something along
>> the lines of "you need to change a core library because it doesn't work
>> with this program," my first response would be who the hell are you to
>> say what I need to use?
>
> Well these people you are chastising are disabled people. Who the hell
> are YOU to be high and mighty about it? I guess these "disabled"
> people get what they deserve huh! Maybe we should just do the world a
> favor and exterminate them like the Nazis? That way we don't have to
> cater to their selfish needs!
>
[snip]
I'd like to invoke Godwin's law at this point.