Hello, I know. While I’m sure that things sometimes get corrected, still at other times, I kind of have my doubts. But here’s hoping that Apple listens and will in time correct things. I wish they would demonstrate a little more willing to the consumer that they are really trying to correct accessibility concerns.
> On Mar 17, 2015, at 3:06 PM, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did so last year but so far to no affect. > > DavidGriffith > > On 17/03/2015 20:34, Joseph wrote: >> Hello, >> Please express this to Apple Accessibility. >> >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> >> >>> On Mar 17, 2015, at 1:29 PM, David Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have changed the subject line to reflect the direction the discussion is >>> going. >>> >>> My own observations on Safari is that it is my preferred browser on all >>> platforms for general news and page reading largely because of the >>> excellent Reader function. >>> >>> However like others I find that there are serious obstacles to using Safari >>> and Voiceover on many websites. Generally these problems appear related to >>> sites involving financial security measures / password verification and >>> after various problems experienced I reluctantly have decided to revert to >>> Windows for many task. >>> >>> These include. >>> 1. My Nat West Bank site which is unusable with Safari and Voiceover and >>> dumps me out at unpredictable moments. Entering passwords on this site >>> under Safari is also very confusing as there is no audible key echo, even a >>> click. Whether this is a Safari or Voiceover problem I do not know but >>> this log in section and other parts of the site works fine with both >>> Firefox and IE with a range of Window Screen Readers so I suspect it may be >>> a Voiceover issue. >>> >>> 2. There are problems for me with the multiple shopping websites which use >>> the UK Verified by Visa security password verification system for >>> authorizing payments. >>> To be fair I have occasionally managed to get this to work on Safari but on >>> too many occasions Voiceover does not recognize the edits boxes on the >>> page, or even when it does it does not seem able to read out the message >>> content asking for characters from your password. >>> >>> On many occasions Voiceover does not give any feedback at all, even a click >>> when attempting to enter text into these edit boxes which is confusing and >>> has in the past resulted in me having to reset my password because of too >>> many log in attempts. >>> >>> This means that even if I do the first part of a shop on Safari I normally >>> switch to Windows to complete the checkout of my trolley or basket to avoid >>> experiencing these problems. >>> >>> What would help would be a screen refresh or screen redraw function as >>> available in Jaws or Window-Eyes as this resolves many focus issues on that >>> platform but I am not sure that this is a technology available to Voiceover >>> , at least I have never found it so it would be great if somebody disabused >>> me of this. >>> >>> I have reported these issues to Apple Accessibility and pointed out that in >>> the UK at least we are talking about the most major web providers. I think >>> Nat West is still the biggest online bank and all Nat West customers have >>> to use Verified by Visa if they are to use major online stores like Tescos >>> and Sainsburys. >>> >>> Hopefully one day it will be sorted out. >>> >>> David Griffithto in >>> . >>> >>> of the 2015 19:50, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: >>>> I found this with my electricity company. I couldn't subscribe to one of >>>> their flat rate plans with Safari but could using Firefox under Windows. >>>> >>>> On 17/03/2015 13:48, Phil Halton wrote: >>>>> I have been finding that safari fails quite a bit in certain websites >>>>> where I try to make a purchase. I can think of three websites off-hand >>>>> where I recently was kicked out using Safari. It just doesn’t work with >>>>> Safari. Even my bank yells a bit when I log on with safari although it >>>>> lets me in. >>>>> In these cases, I use internet explorer in a windows VM and problem >>>>> solved. >>>>> >>>>> I checked to see that safari had JAVA enabled, but beyond that I can’t >>>>> think of what might be the problem. Maybe Safari just isn’t a main stream >>>>> browser and can’t handle sophisticated websites. >>>>> I like using safari, but I can’t rely on it for all my internet browsing >>>>> and need a backup like IE in windows. Too bad! >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 17, 2015, at 5:56 AM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> I was trying to purchase Clean my mac yesterday. >>>>>> When i came to the payment method there was 3 unlabled radiobuttons to >>>>>> select payment method. >>>>>> Very annoying to not be able to buy a mac program from my mac. >>>>>> I have to do this in linux instead. >>>>>> /A >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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