Have you tried? You don't know that. And dropbox might care about us but, they care about bad press. There's a difference.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Feb 22, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I dont think that would work. CNET and all of them would not post articles > written by us. I'd love to wat my words on that one but there ya go. Good > idea but I don't think it owuld work and dropbox would not care. it appears > they already don't. > > > Sarah Alawami > > If you need an edit done on a small project go to > http://music.marrie.org/master for more info. If you need to contact me my > info is below. > > MSN and AIM: marri...@gmail.com > > website: http://music.marrie.org > Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com > youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 > > On Feb 22, 2011, at 5:27 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> I don't think this is a good idea. Apple won't cut off their nose to spite >> their face. And I for one don't expect them to. They have done all they >> can from their end. Do you realize how many thousands if not tens of >> thousands off apps that would be essentially band from the platform? Sure, >> some would comply but, Most wouldn't. They would just go on developing for >> windows. before long, there wouldn't be any Macs to speak of. Why would >> anyone want a Mac, when you couldn't get any apps for it. I think people >> aren't looking at the big picture here. Accessibility is just a piece of a >> really big puzzle. A small piece at that. My suggestion is to not even >> waste anymore time writing dropbox. Start contacting the tech sites like >> cnet, boygenius, macrumors, etc. Let them know whats going on. Our number >> is to few, and dollars to short to have a direct effect. But you can >> embarrass the hell out of them. No company wants bad press over something >> like excluding people with a disability from having access to their product. >> Especially on the Mac OSX platform where accessibility is a given as long >> as developers follow certain guidelines. >> >> JMO >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >> >> >> >> On Feb 22, 2011, at 8:06 AM, LaMcAs wrote: >> >>> Ok so why don't we all email Apple with regard to this - if they have >>> created an accessible OS then developers must conform to it? If we did this >>> in force then may Apple can make their vendors comply? >>> >>> >>> Larry & Elliot GD (Guide Dog) >>> London, UK >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jes Smith >>> Sent: 22 February 2011 08:32 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: My 2 cents about the inaccessibility of the set up of drop box >>> >>> Hi all. >>> As far as I'm concerned, the complete inaccessibility of Drop Box on the Mac >>> is inexcusable. And, I tell you this, if I was the CEO of Apple, developers >>> would either write their code based on Apple's accessibility guidelines, or, >>> there programs would just be rejected. IT's a black and white issue as far >>> as I'm concerned. >>> I mean, mercy! IT's bad enough that we couldn't access the drop box menu, >>> but now that we can't even set the client up without sighted help? And >>> honestly, I don't think petitions would do a lot for our cause. Individual >>> complaints have been sent to drop box for over two years, and they've done >>> nothing to show us that they hear our cries for accessibility. 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