hi chris, another annoying thing i've found in the store is that you have to interact with a song's group to play a preview of the song, where as before the button was visible. On 30 Nov 2012, at 09:38, Chris Moore <moor...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Overall, iTunes 11 is certainly no worse than iTunes 10 on the Mac when it > comes to accessibility. However, Apple could do more to improve Voiceover > support (I can't comment on Windows, as not tested it there yet). > > The first item/button Voiceover lands on is the rewind button, and there is a > play button and a next button. So we have a rewind and a next button, so > some people might be confused by the lack of a previous button or a forward > button. So perhaps the rewind and next buttons should be labelled as > "previous/rewind button and a next/forward button. > > The next item which puzzles me is the "iCloud button", what does this > actually do? When pressing it with voiceover, it does not indicate if it is > on or off or if anything has happened when it is pressed. > > My next issue relates to the 7 radio buttons, the last radio button is read > out as "Radio radio button 7 of 7". Hearing the words Radio radio button is > not exactly intuitive, and I am sure these buttons are actually tabs and not > web page style radio buttons. So would it not be better if Voiceover read > out these 7 buttons as tabs? then the last tab could be read out as "Radio > tab 7 of 7". Note: the iTunes store uses tabs, so replacing radio buttons > with tabs would give iTunes 11 a more consistent look and feel when it comes > to navigating with a screen reader. > > Finally there is a iTunes Store button, I think it would be more intuitive if > the button was read out as "Go to iTunes Store button" Then when you are in > the iTunes Store, the button is read out as "Go back to Library button", > instead of "Library menu button". Calling this a menu button gives the > impression a menu is about to appear if you press it. > > After opening the iTunes Store I am greeted with a back and next button for > the store navigation, then there are a series of menu buttons (as voiceover > describes them) which are My iTunes Account, iTunes Store home menu button, > Music menu button, Films menu button etc. Would it not be better to have > these menu buttons labelled as tabs? > > I also think the home page of the iTunes store is a bit of a mess for screen > reader users. For starters the HTML does not follow W3C web accessibility > guidelines when it comes to heading structure. For example there are heading > 3 items, and heading 5, but there are no heading 1 or 2. It breaks > accessibility when heading levels are skipped. > > The document structure does not follow how it is laid out visually either. > > The screen reader user hears the headings in the following sequence: > > Heading 3 Music (this should be a heading 2, and there should be a heading 1 > prior to it labelled iTunes Store Home") > > Heading 3 Films (this should be a heading 2) > > TV programmes (this should be a heading 2) > > Heading 3 Apps (this should be a heading 2) > > Heading 3 Late Night Music on TV (should this not be listed under Music or > under Feature?) > > Heading 3 Genius Recommendations (should this not be a heading 2?) > > Heading 3 Books (should this not be a heading 2? > > Heading 3 Quick Links (should this not be a heading 2?) > > Heading 3 Top Singles (should this not be a sub heading under Music? and the > see all link appears to have gone) > > Heading 3 Top Albums ((should this not be a sub heading under Music? and the > see all link appears to have gone) > > Heading 3 Top Films (should this not be listed under Films? see all has gone) > > Heading 3 TOP TV (voiceover reads this as T O P instead of top, and should it > not be listed as a sub heading under TV programmes? see all has gone) > > Heading 3 Top Paid Apps (should this not be listed as a sub heading under > Apps?) > > Heading 3 Top Free Apps (should this not be a sub heading under Apps?) > > Heading 3 Top Books (Should this not be listed as a sub heading under Books?) > > The above is just a few examples, if you work your way through the iTunes > store, you will find many other. I feel the order of the headings does not > match how the layout works visually. > > Chris > > On 30 Nov 2012, at 03:50, amy gilbert <we.are.born.innoc...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> hi all, i've got too many emails to check if there's already been a topic >> posted on this, but what do you all think of itunes 11? it's going to take >> me a while to get used to the new layout, but the layout is better, more >> simplified, and it seems a bit more responsive or is that me? amy >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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