The fact they're using gpui is... Bad. Is someone trying to make it integrate with native accessibility frameworks? If not (and if they force the native app on us) this transition is going to lock out a ton of people who use assistive technologies.
GP you asked if there is accessibility P response: yes, here You then respond that worries you and dismiss the proof?
Apologies. I was noting that the lack of accessibility worried me (well, and weird accessibility breakage too).
It's reasonable to be concerned that Discord may not have focused on accessibility while rewriting.
It's less reasonable to be concerned that it may be impossible to write accessible apps using GPUI, as that is now possible (https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/gpui/...) although this is a fairly recent addition.
It's also less reasonable to assume that an app made with GPUI Kit will automatically be accessible. You still need to put effort into it.
I haven't exactly "launched" it yet, but I'm already shipping apps through the App/Play Stores. See https://daybrite.dev/showcase/ for the 5-minute tour.
So Discord using gpui could mean it may get the needed features
You can’t exactly lump them together.
I think in the specific case of Discord, I.e. from a big company, I agree they should handle this properly. As a broader standard, I am not as concerned.
As for me doing it? According to prior comments in this thread it's already done, although I haven't tested it so I don't know how complete it is. Adding UIA support to a framework is different from making that support good (screen readers can be very picky). As an example, say you have a label of an edit box. If you position the label just right within it's parent container a screen reader will pick it up automatically and just announce it as you focus the edit box. But if you don't, all you'll hear is "edit <contents|blank>". There are ways around this (e.g., you can override label detection) but the "ideal" state is that the screen reader picks up that stuff automatically and you just give it the bounds of the various controls and UI elements.