RE: Jaws alternative, Mac Leopard VoiceOver and bootcamp
- From: "Dean Martineau" <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:47:19 -0700
this comment from Gordon Smith has pretty much discouraged me from
considering a mac. this comes from an avid mac supporter. Each person has
to make his or her own priority list and make purchasing decisions based on
it. For me, web accessibility is of the highest importance, so these
comments carry lots of importance:
From: Gordon Smith <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 27 October 2007 2:26:39 AM
> Subject: HTML, I'm a little disappointed
>
> Hello all. I now have the final build of Leopard installed on my
> MacBook. I have to say that, despite Apple's making a lot of
> positive changes in the new version of VoiceOver, they appear to
> have completely disregarded the representations made to them by
> yours truly and others with regards HTML accessibility. Firstly,
> anchors ***still*** don't work! Unordered (bulletted) lists are no
> longer identified. HTML tables are still broken it would seem.
> Navigating web pages gives no indication whatsoever that a table
> even exists. Lots of other control elements are simply not
> recognised. I confess that, in this department, I feel that ASpple
> has let us down badly. They had an ideal opportunity to do some
> serious work on this, but they haven't. I confess, I am really
> really deflated at the moment. There are a lot of good additions,
> don't be mistaken about that. But with regards HTML specifically,
> it's a huge proverbial lemon. I'm sorry to have to report that,
> but it's true. Apple has shot itself well and truly in the foot
> here. They were given example code to work with. Examples in real
> terms as to why they should do this work. I know that, as I myself
> was the one who provided them with the information. I am oh, so,
> disappointed. HTML access is a crucial part of today's computing.
> Appl seems to be unaware of that.
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