Major distros are soon switching to versions of desktop environments that use Wayland instead of X11. This is a bad state of affairs for accessibility.
  • parpol@programming.devEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I can’t work without talon. I had no idea it would have so many issues on Wayland.

    However, wouldn’t talon still work normally under xwayland?

    • CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      23 minutes ago

      like any opensource project, it largely depends on how much widely adopted it is. OP’s case is actually a good example, as as they brought attention towards the problems with this certain software, it’s now more likely that someone will get to fixing the issue.

      Also, there still are lots of well-maintained x11 wms and this fact doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon.

    • optissima@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I didnt read the article yet, but people choosing to not support it till it’s perfect is what got us here.

      • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        28 minutes ago

        At this point Wayland is basically “winning” because of sunk cost. Just because X11 is the wrong answer doesn’t make Wayland the right one.

        We could stop and say “here’s what we learned was problematic from both X11 and Wayland and how people actually use computers in 2025, how would we solve these problems knowing that?” But then we’d have to start again from square 1, and nobody with the clout to make it happen is pushing for that.