Will said: i think that most people are jumping to the iphone as it new but the n eighty two does everything that does
Real world says: apart from out of the box accessibility to the entire User interface, a far broader scope for additional apps, and a UI that can only increase a VI user's often lacking knowledge of all things layout. There's so many pro's and cons to each device for each user. If Symbian and actual buttons will always float your boat more then fair enough, use it and prosper, it's here to stay for a while yet. But Dismissing one of the few big accessibility efforts made by a mainstream vender as the same old same old with a gimicky new touch screen thing before you've even had experience with it is an attitude that will ensure we're always slightly behind the trend with technology, so well done you. Slightly ranty perhaps, but I hope you see my point. And in case I get labeled an iPhone fanatic, I don't own one. I've tinkered and mostly enjoyed the experience, seemed to me that any barriers I felt like I was facing with the device were entirely due to my lack of experience with an interface where I'm closer to being even with any sighted user than I've ever been before. On 7/19/09, william lomas <lomaswill...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > i think that most people are jumping to the iphone as it new but the n > eighty two does everything that does > > On 19 Jul 2009, at 09:35, Simon Fogarty wrote: > >> >> Yeah, I had a sit down and play with the I phone for about an hour >> today and >> I gotta admit, the biggest problem is familiarity. >> I'm so use to the Nokia and talks interface that the IPhones system >> is not >> as efficient yet as I would have hoped. >> >> However I gotta admit that I am thinking of reasons why I shouldn't >> change >> to one at this point, and the only reason so far is that my n82 does >> everything that the iphone does and that I need it to. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kaare dehard >> Sent: Sunday, 19 July 2009 7:29 a.m. >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility >> >> >> Honestly given what I have heard/read, because this interface is so >> very different from what we have grown accustomed to, it's probably >> tough to get fixed on it right away. it's probably a let's forget >> about the old wisdom or at least set it aside while looking in to this >> and start from the ground. So, in a nutshell this is more like a slow >> growth to understanding product rather than something that can be >> quickly affixed. >> On 18-Jul-09, at 7:10 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Just wondering how many of you that are now using the Ipone 3gs, are >>> totally blind rather than the partially / Visually impaired users. >>> >>> The device to me sounds more like it's for a VI person than a >>> totally blind >>> person. >>> >>> I'm total and I'm trying to compare this for useage / accessibility >>> against >>> my Nokia s60 device. >>> And as I've only had a very quick play with the IPhone 3gs I can't >>> say I'm >>> fixed on it yet. >>> And I'm keen to hear how the totally blind users are getting on with >>> it. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Simonf. >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
