[access-uk] Re: iPhone lack of control of web pages

iPhone lack of control of web pages
An hour is no where near long enough to get used to the iphone. Making calls 
really is very quick and easy once you are used to it and no the shortcuts.

Peter


From: Damon Rose 
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:13 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [access-uk] iPhone lack of control of web pages 


Hi there. 

I had the opportunity of using an iPhone at the weekend for about an hour - 
with voiceover enabled. 

There are some really good things about it like the iTunes and Apple iStore 
access. I thought the compass was quite cute. Making a phone call wasn't as 
simple as I would have liked it to be on a phone. And being as there weren't 
any physical buttons, bar the home button, it meant that I found myself 
flicking a lot between menu options rather than using the thing. Oh and it has 
to be said that the onscreen qwerty keyboard input is really very second rate 
compared to using a regular phone input. 

But it was more accessible than I had thought and I liked it for multimedia 
content. 

The thing I use my phone for mostly is web access. I wonder if anyone can help 
me with this. Somehow, navigating around a page and reading it just isn't as 
simple as a regular phone with Talks on it. For instance, I was able to use a 
two finger upward flick to get to the top of the page, an a two finger downward 
flick to read from the selected point downwards, but what if I want to go up a 
couple of lines, say, back to the beginning of a paragraph? Tracing upwards 
with one finger seems a little haphazard and ineffective. 

Is there a solution? 

It feels to me like we're expected to sit back and listen a lot rather than try 
an navigate quickly and skim through a web page - which is the experience I 
have on a PC and on my Nokia Talks enabled phone. I can't bear sitting back and 
having no control. 

If there is a solution to this accessible desert land between where you are on 
a page and the top of the page, then please let me in on it! 

Best 

.Damon 








Damon Rose 
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