Re: skype autoupdate
If we just lie down and take what we're given, then companies will never know what they did wrong. I'm not going to just say "Well okay that's what it is." and hope they'll eventually make Electron apps that aren't massive piles of sluggish bloatware in a few years. The key though is to not be hostile about it when giving feedback.
A lot of the accessibility problems with Skype 8 are due to the platform they chose, which is Electron. No matter what the screen reader does or what keyboard shortcuts people add, Skype is now a glorified website that runs in a massive Chrome process, which to me is a pretty significant downgrade on something like a Windows desktop. Most of us whether we're blind or not are furious, not because there is an Electron app, but because we don't have a choice. We either use the bloated monster or we don't use Skype at all. To me, this is unacceptable and I will not be told to just deal with it. As long as there are ways to submit feedback, I will respectfully tell them that there are those of us who prefer a clean, normal desktop UI. I'll adapt to the new Skype because I have no choice as everything else is going Electron, but I sure as hell am not just going to lie down like a defeated dog. I use Windows, and I prefer things like Skype to be Windos applications, not websites. If I wanted a website, I would use a web browser to go to web.skype.com.
To each his or her own though. If you're okay with just taking what you're forced to use, awesome. Not all of us are sheep though. There's just a proper way to tell companies what is and isn't acceptable.
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