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 Europa Simultaneous Release Review |  © 2007 by IBM Corporation, made available under the EPL v1.0
UI Usability
§MDT 1.0 conforms to Eclipse User Interface Guidelines
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§Eclipse platform standard i18n support used where applicable/possible; stand-alone deployment uses equivalent J2SE APIs
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§ICU4J is used but optional; stand-alone deployments delegate to corresponding J2SE 5.0 APIs when ICU not available
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§As with all Europa projects, language packs will be created as part of an Eclipse Globalization Project
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§Eclipse platform APIs used to provide accessible UI
Summarize the user interface usability and the conformance to the Eclipse User Interface Guidelines. Include section 508 compliance, language pack conformance (does the code support multiple languages), etc. Explain any deviations from the user interface guidelines and standards.
Reason: The user community is larger than just mouse-wielding, English-speaking, computer jockeys. We need to support that larger community.