David, Thank you very much. I’m afraid to update because of all the bugs. I
have good news to share. I recently got my second guide dog. I had a guide dog
back in 2005 until 2009 when I sent him back because I was moving. I did my
training from home on November 6th until November 15th. My guide dog is a
female black lab who’s name is Hilo and she is 2 years old. Sorry if this is
inappropriate for the group. Christina
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On Nov 23, 2019, at 10:35 AM, David Goldfield <david.goldfield@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi, Christina.
It is likely that even more VoiceOver bugs will be fixed before we see the
rollout of iOS 14. I'll keep you posted as iOS 13 updates continue to be
released.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 11/23/2019 10:24 AM, Christina Stolze wrote:
I still haven’t updated to iOS 13 and I’m trying not to update at all if
possible not until maybe iOS 14 whenever that might be. Christina
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 22, 2019, at 9:48 PM, David Goldfield <dgoldfield1211@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This is good news. I actually wish that Apple would do what Microsoft does
with Office as well as what they did with this latest version of Windows
which is to release updates throughout the year containing small,
incremental fixes. This is preferable to one massive update per year
offering a ton of new features. As I said before in a previous message this
is what JAWS used to do but they now seem to be doing smaller updates,
introducing features throughout the year. This is also done with Web
browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, which release updates
every four to six weeks. That may seem like a lot of releases but each
update might only add a few new features and some of them may not matter to
some users. This is much better for users as it means fewer new things to
learn with each update and fewer bugs to contend with. NVDA sort of does
this, with a schedule of four updates per year, although this year it looks
like we're only getting 3.
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
WWW.DavidGoldfield.org
On 11/22/2019 6:56 AM, David Goldfield wrote:
MSPoweruser - Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 1:20 PM
Apple wants to make iOS 14 less buggy
Apple’s been working on making a less buggy iOS for a while now, but iOS
13 wasn’t that release. The software release shipped with so many bugs
Apple released 13.1 just a week after. We are now heading for 13.3 just
two months post-release. Clearly, something’s gone wrong in Cupertino.
For iOS 13, it seemed to b a matter of too many cooks spoiling the broth.
Apple had allowed developers to put so many features in daily builds that
not all features and their side-effects got around to being fully tested.
Now, Apple is making iOS more like Chrome. Developers will be able to hide
new features behind feature flags and selectively enable them. If
something goes wrong, they’ll know exactly which feature cause it.
“The new development process will help early internal iOS versions to be
more usable, or “livable,” in Apple parlance. Prior to iOS 14’s
development, some teams would add features every day that weren’t fully
tested, while other teams would contribute changes weekly,” Bloomberg’s
Mark Gurman writes.
The change with iOS’s developer process will also spill over to macOS,
watchOS and tvOS. Apple may also, as with iOS 12, push some features back
just so iOS 14 remains rock solid. While Apple has a dedicated base, too
many buggy releases in a row may test them, and the firm knows this.
iOS 14 will likely make its debut at WWDC next year with a Beta following
the coming weeks. We’ll see just how well Apple’s adapted their systems
when that’s launched.
https://mspoweruser.com/apple-wants-to-make-ios-14-less-buggy/
David Goldfield
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.info
