I have to agree with Ricardo. I have no problems either with iBooks or with the App store, they both work fine for me. Best, Donna On Feb 15, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I must say, I'm at a total loss about iBooks and the app store. These seem > to be working fine for me on all my IOS devices. I remember a few months > back, when they first changed the app store there was accessible issues. I > think they fixed that in a month or less. And I've never had any problems > using the table index sliders. Just to be clear, I'm not saying that you are > not indeed having these issues. I'm just wondering, could it be user error? > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 10:57 PM, Cheree Heppe <che...@dogsc4me.com> wrote: > >> Cheree Heppe here: >> >> No need to make excuses for Apple. The IBooks store and the App Store have >> become significantly less accessible with the changing IOS versions. This >> doesn't have to happen and is a bad sign. In IBooks, there are horizontal >> rows of titles and at either end of those rows oone encounters a slider or >> something that when barely touched will shift the titles listings so that a >> blind user has a hell of a time determining what the list actually contains. >> >> The same slider in the contacts list on the IPhone works well because it >> somehow paces itself with the user's scrolling finger and is very usable. >> >> The App Store has these screen shots and a tiny place to flick up or >> whatever that in using the I-devices since 2010, I have not been able to >> master. The earlier iteration of the app store's accessibility worked so >> well that it was easy to read about the apps, move through a list and so on. >> I have barely used either the app store or IBooks store since these >> limitations became part of the IOS. >> >> These changes make it nearly impossible for a new blind user to get a >> confident sense of the potential for independent access that we got only a >> few IOS upgrades ago. This would be very off putting to me if I had >> acquired my I-device recently. >> >> Apple does not have to model its screen reader and access after the >> seriously broken JAWS example. I use JAWS at work and have never >> experienced a computer program so poorly equipped to do a job. >> >> >> Regards, >> Cheree Heppe >> >> >> Sent from my IPhone 4S >> >> On 15/02/2013, at 15:50, "Blake Sinnett" <frequency...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I would have to agree. Apple has lost some of their magic ever since the >> middle of last year. Things just seem to be breaking a little too often. >> iCloud, bugs in iOS 6, the maps fiasco... Who knows what'll happen next. Of >> course Tim's just taken over, so maybe after a while things'll smooth out. >> The only thing we can do is wait and see what happens. >> >> Blake >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: <jshandr...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 11:42 AM >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: OT: iOS 6 Disappointment! >> >>> OT: iOS 6 disappointment! >>> >>> Is anyone else feeling a little sad about the iOS eco-system since release >>> in October. Don't get me wrong, there will always be issues. However Apple >>> has had so many issues. >>> First, you had the complete redesign of iBooks, App, iTunes store. In the >>> first release the blind community lost a lot of access, because we didn't >>> even have the ability to see ratings with the new software. >>> Second, you had the App store crashing when you would go into the search >>> area. This happened to everyone, not just our community. >>> thirdly, who can forget the map debacle. >>> You have devices going into recovery mode when you do a reset. >>> The 6. 1 update you now have exchange issue. The extreme 4s battery issue, >>> and now this morning people who use institutional accounts like at schools. >>> Individuals can bypass the no downloading option. >>> I just find this so sad. apple used to pay such close attention to >>> stability, clean UI, and of course accessibility. I still love my Apple >>> products, and hope things change under Jony Ive. Is anyone else feeling >>> slightly let down? This is just a short list, I know you could point out >>> more. I just pointed out a few which never should have happened! >>> >>> J.P. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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