Josh: Do you know the meaning of “NO!!”? Marty is NOT going to develop for Androids!!!
Sent from my iPhone8 plus > On Nov 10, 2017, at 11:16 AM, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > maybe a crowd-sourcing or some sort of funding campaign could be set up to > raise money for blindfold games on android? > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Re: blindfold games for android > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:29:02 +0000 > From: 'John' via eyes-free <eyes-f...@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: eyes-f...@googlegroups.com > To: eyes-f...@googlegroups.com > > Hello > > Android and IOS are two very different systems but > it is as easy to produce accessible apps from both. > > The problem is the return from Android is very low to nil even with the > low developing costs. > > IOS is very expensive to code for but is offset by the numbers who > download and are willing to pay for apps. > > The workload Blindfold games would have to do is huge and would be for > probably little or no return. > > I would suggest that Blindfold Games start a funding drive to cover the > costs of converting the apps to Android such as kickstarter or some such > service. > > I wish them all the luck in the world. > > John from Woodside Apps. - Accessible Apps and games for mobile devices. > Twitter > https://twitter.com/woodside_apps > > Our new game Super Tile Smash > Now available on the App Store! > https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/super-tile-smash/id1196714817?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 > Android FREE version > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wa.supertilesmash.free > Android PRO version > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wa.supertilesmash.pro > > On 10/11/2017 07:07, lenron brown wrote: > > Android 2.1 was when I stepped in to the world of Android and even > > then I was pretty happy with the access. ICS was when I got really > > excited though. > > > > On 11/9/17, Danny Mathis <danny.mat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> HI > >> > >> I wonder why the developer never gave thought to developing for Android? > >> Oh > >> wait, I know; Android IS NOT accessible!! No, it is ONLY PARTIALLY > >> accessible and NOT ENOUGH blind users!!" So dead on, when I was at > >> LWSB as an assistant instructor I tried my darndist to educate Dean > >> the head instructor about androijd. His answer "My friend says > >> android is not as accessible, he owns an android device". Me, "I'm an > >> android generation 1 user, I've had several android devices, what do > >> you not find accessible?" Dean "it can not perform taskks as well as > >> voiceover on the IPhone". Sadly the blind institutions still push IOS > >> over IPhone and this dev fell for it line, hook and sinker. Parden > >> the pund, the dork even blew me off as well. I'll go out on a lim > >> here as well, Steve nut and a select few have me be by 1.6 or donut. > >> I came in 2.1 have been around for a lot of time. I have a board on > >> zonebbs "The Boards - Recommended android apps > >> " see link: https://www.zonebbs.com/boards.php?t=24861 its still > >> kept updated to day. So while I would love to help marty should my > >> coding classes pan out, marty has to pull his head out of the past and > >> approach a android dev or me later on. > >> > >> Dan Mathis > >> > >> Ps LWSB in little rock AR has zero excuses for teaching android, a > >> tablit was donated by me running lollipop 5.1. > >> > >> On 11/9/17, Tina Sohl <tinabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I agree. Would love to have them on the play store. I know Marty > >>> couldn't, or wasn't interested in bringing them to android or even > >>> windows. I hope someone will a lot of them sound like fun. > >>> > >>> On 11/9/17, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> That's such a shame that he didn't! pursue things with Android, as that > >>>> would have really been full on! > >>>> --- > >>>> Christopher Gilland > >>>> Co-founder of Genuine Safe Haven Ministries > >>>> > >>>> http://www.gshministry.org > >>>> (980) 500-9575 > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: Judy Jones > >>>> To: eyes-f...@googlegroups.com > >>>> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 4:29 PM > >>>> Subject: RE: blindfold games for android > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Yes, but there are really blind people out there who still believe > >>>> that > >>>> because they have been told it. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Judy > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> From: eyes-f...@googlegroups.com [mailto:eyes-f...@googlegroups.com] > >>>> On > >>>> Behalf Of Josh Kennedy > >>>> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 9:47 AM > >>>> To: eyes-f...@googlegroups.com; Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, > >>>> Inc. > >>>> Subject: Re: blindfold games for android > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> oh come on you gotta be kidding me! android not accessible or > >>>> partially > >>>> accessible? that is rediculous! maybe that was true with android > >>>> gingerbread > >>>> and icecream sandwitch in 2010 and 2011 but starting with jellybean in > >>>> 2012 > >>>> android accessibility began to greatly catch up with IOS. These days its > >>>> just as good as apple stuff, but without the high development costs of > >>>> apple. I had a tablet running on 4.1 jellybean and it worked fine. My > >>>> android marshmallow tablet is better than that one and I'm sure android > >>>> nougat and the later oreo will be even better. but not really because > >>>> everything in android is an app. so i get webview virtual web buffer > >>>> updates > >>>> and talkback updates and accessibility API updates even though my > >>>> devices > >>>> may still be on android marshmallow and lollipop. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 11/9/2017 12:37, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Josh, you won't need to buy an iOS device for the Blind Fold games. > >>>> Why?Well, Apple changed some format; the developer MUST MIGRATE to the > >>>> newformat for continued development. Developer believes that such a > >>>> migrationwill be an expensive proposition and therefore unwilling to > >>>> dance > >>>> to thesound of Apple's drums! Therefore, there shall be NO FURTHER > >>>> development orupdates for Blind Fold games. In addition, developer > >>>> only > >>>> made money within a three-month period followingrelease of games; > >>>> otherwise, > >>>> it's flat land here and there. I wonder why the developer never gave > >>>> thought > >>>> to developing for Android? Ohwait, I know; Android IS NOT accessible!! > >>>> No, > >>>> it is ONLY PARTIALLYaccessible and NOT ENOUGH blind users!! Anyway, if I > >>>> can > >>>> find more extracts from the developer, I'll post in thisspace. > >>>> Sincerely,OlusegunDenver, Colorado ---This email has been checked for > >>>> viruses by Avast antivirus software.https://www.avast.com/antivirus > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- sent with mozilla thunderbird-- > >>>> To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, > >>>> contact > >>>> eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > >>>> --- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups > >>>> "eyes-free" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > >>>> an > >>>> email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, > >>>> contact > >>>> eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > >>>> --- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups > >>>> "eyes-free" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > >>>> an > >>>> email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact > >>>> eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > >>>> --- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups > >>>> "eyes-free" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > >>>> an > >>>> email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> He started something good, > >>> and I'm gonna believe it. > >>> He started something good, > >>> and He's gonna complete it. > >>> So I celebrate the truth, > >>> His work in me ain't through. > >>> I'm just unfinished. > >>> Mandisa > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact > >>> eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > >>> --- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "eyes-free" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >>> email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact > >> eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > >> --- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "eyes-free" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > > > > > > -- > To report violations of our ground rules or content guidelines, contact > eyes-free+own...@googlegroups.com. -- https://goo.gl/rDveM8 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eyes-free" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to eyes-free+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to eyes-f...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
