[access-uk] Re: iPhone lack of control of web pages
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:28:30 -0000
Hi Damon,
I think the answer is in the rotary to choose which element you want to move
by. You can kind of go round a dial with your finger to choose the element.
Again though, I am no expert.
All the best
Steve
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Damon Rose
Sent: Monday 22 February 2010 09:13
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
Senior Content Producer bbc.co.uk/ouch
BBC Vision Learning
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