Great software is accessible software… #Accessibility

@menelion I agree. And NextCloud should improve its accessibility in their apps (web, desktop and mobile) - I'm blind, screen reader use, would like to use my nextcloud even for note taking and productivity, but all those features aren't usable by blind folks

to be honest, Nextcloud are among the best in the open-source community, at least by far not the worst. Most of the open-source devs like to preach about European sovereignty, "great is free", "quit GAFAM" and all these sweet but practically useless things if you are blind, have reduced mobility or have other accessibility needs, but don't give a flying F about #Accessibility. It's better in the mobile land for some reason, but on desktop…You need it, you fix it, — that's what I read lots and lots of times. At least web version of Nextcloud is not bad. As for desktop… it's QT, so, I'm afraid, it will never be usable enough. I have plans to overcome it, and you'll know about it among the first.

@menelion I always say it, we folks with disability -especially blind and movement impairments- are the most vulnerable in technology.
This "you need it, you fix it" falls down by itself it's like the crocodile chasing its tail. If many programming books (and then code repositories) don't respect accessibility themselves, how could a blind person "fix accessibility issues" about open source software on their own?
That slogan "you fix it, you need it" is just the longer version of "RTFM" and is one of the reason why in almost 20 years, even more, many open source suites are still quite a niche.

@elettrona Even if you are a developer (I am, for example). So yes, I'm probably the best person to fix it: I'm blind myself, I'm a developer, I'm an #Accessibility specialist. Great! But I cannot fix all and all the stuff, from operating systems to messengers to office suites to editors to... you name it. Because it's my work, and I need money for some reason to pay my bills… That's why I'm so angry about this whole "Move to Linux/quit GAFAM right now!!" movement.

@menelion You know, I'm back and forth from this world (free and open source software) for about 24 years. And it's always the same old game. The usual ethnic war one against the others, like kids arguing for some marbles.
The result? Closed source platforms are seducing the masses even more, with the risks of authoritarian regimes to take advantage of them. Yes, we have the fediverse, there are many alternatives now than 25 years ago. But when people keeps behaving like this, it's very very slow to find something working in short term. For now we can use both technologies depending on our needs. Have you tried onlyoffice? Did you see what a mess it is?

@elettrona I tried some free office suites, and yes, nothing is better than good old #Microsoft Word. Or at least #Google docs.

@menelion @elettrona Yep, I can confirm also. LibreOffice is coming along, and I can now grade student work with LibreOffice calc now but I'm afraid to rely on much else besides Emacs with emacspeak, Firefox, Pidgin, the old guard.