[macvoiceover] Re: Kindle now accessible on IOS with Voiceover.
- From: Ronald Johnson <ganahee@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 11:57:34 -0500
Well, my sense of all this is that the future of computing appears to
be heading toward a nearly 100% mobile world. The desktop computer, as we know
it, will probably become a thing of the past in the next 5 to 10 years, except
for business, server machines, etc. I suspect laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs
and smart phones will be the dominant platforms. For this reason, I think
everyone wants to jump on that bandwagon and make their apps available on those
platforms, and make them accessible.
I don't know if this is a trend in the Windows PC world, but my sense
is, at least from the Mac side of things, the way things seem to be heading.
Also, I've got a good friend whose commented, on more then one occasion, that
he's noticed that Windows and Linux are both implementing the look and feel of
the smart phone UI, further bolstering my assertions.
One thing I've been picking up on, which concerns me a bit, is that,
since Steve Jobs is no longer with us, and Tim Cook's at the helm, Apple's pace
of innovation has slowed considerably, and they're no longer the only "cool kid
on the block", as it were. I hope that's not gonna affect the further
development of VO, both on the Mac platform, or in the iOS world?
Take care,
Ron
On May 2, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Yup,
>
> And to that list you can add the official twitter app. Yes. The official
> twitter app. It boggles my mind that a company can work so hard to improve
> accessibility of there app for IOS, then put out an app for the Mac that is
> worthless to Voiceover users.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
> www.appletothecore.info
>
> On May 2, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Ronald Johnson <ganahee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ricardo and others,
>>
>> Oh, how I wish that were necessarily true! I can tell you, as a fact,
>> that there are at least 2 apps which are perfectly accessible on iOS
>> devices, but not on the Mac itself - MacTracker and Twitterrific.
>>
>> I've had MacTracker on my iPhone 5 now, for quite some time, and it's
>> quite accessible. I've got it on my MacBook too, and, last time I checked,
>> it was pretty much useless. As to Twitterrific, I don't have it on my
>> iPhone, at present, but, from what I've read from their App Store
>> description, they make a point to mention that they've made VoiceOver
>> improvements. I downloaded a demo of their most recent version of the app,
>> for the Mac itself, and I couldn't get past the opening screen, which asks
>> me to authenticate with Twitter, but that's all I see - nothing else. The
>> version I have is 4.5. I'd like to find a fully accessible Mac Twitter
>> client, as Twitter access in Adium X seems not to function anymore, and I've
>> not found anything which is fully VoiceOver accessible and actually makes
>> sense.
>>
>> HTH?
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On May 1, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Yup,
>>>
>>> Hopefully this will change. They can no longer use Voiceover as an excuse
>>> for why the app is not accessible on the Mac.
>>>
>>> Ricardo Walker
>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>
>>> On May 1, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Mary Otten <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Kindle Mac app is worthless for VO users. A total nonstarter.
>>>>
>>>> Mary
>>>>
>>>>
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