I'm gonna pretend that I didn't hear that.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Smart" <csma...@cogeco.ca>
To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy
Wow, how long does it take to type all that, even if you're a fast typist?
Sent from Chris's iPhone.
On Jan 31, 2015, at 13:17, Christopher-Mark Gilland
<clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote:
I dono...
I guess I have mixed feelings. I agree with you on the one hand, but I
also agree with Mike. October? Really?
OK, look at it this way, no, the newer technology wouldn't necessarily be
implemented this way nor be totally up to date par, but! why couldn't pace
give us two options, since they're so insistant on making this new
platform. It seems logical to me, why not put the web interface manager
back like it was a few years ago when things worked flawlessly? Put that
back with those A P I's, but then, also support a newer A P I which would
let them build for the current, and more updated software. This way, if
you are sighted and want to use the software, more power to! ya! But, if
you're blind as most of us! are, then you would have a fallback method
which we still could use. I understand completely that eventually, that
old web based A P I needs to be eventually rolled completely out, OK, I
totally totally get that. You might not think I do, but actually, yes. I
do. Trust me with this. But, does it not seem feezible to you all, that
in the mingtime until they do! come up with a way to get the new software
working with good accessibility, they at least! temporarily could
re-enable the web interface as a fallback for people like ourselves? Look
at things like the Sendspace wizard. Now, you're probably going and this
has to do with the tea in China, how? LOL! Hear me out on this though, as
I really am trying to present a legitimate argument here.
The Sendspace wizard on the mac, by default is not very accessible at all.
If you've not tried it, trust me. It's a living nightmare! However,
there is an option in the menu bar which enables accessibility mode. Once
done, it works... well... I'd not say perfectly, but I'd say almost!
perfectly. What about Tapin Radio on the Windows side of things. For the
longest time, they had an option when installing that you could check if
you were a screen reader user. If you check it, bam! Tapin is now
accessible. If you don't, then, good? freaking, luck! You'll be sorry
you didn't check it, believe me!
My point is, they were able to keep the inaccessible interface whilst
hooking seperet A P I's to allow an option to give accessibility mode. If
this is the case, then surely you could also do the same by having
multiple A P I's with the ILok manager. Maybe it's not that easy, and I
by far am definitely! not a programmer at heart, so really, honestly, in
all fairness, who am I to make such assumptions? I do think though that
if Pace really truely did! want to fix things, though I'm not complaining
as much as being very realistic here, I truely think they could figure
some alternative out. Even if it was only temporary.
What I don't understand is why one minute, the guy in his letter from Pace
states maybe in the mingtime, they could look at redoing some of the older
A P I's to regain some accessibility. But then, he says later on in the
letter that the 2.0 update will not have accessibility. He flat out
admits it! Then said maybe by October, with version 3.0 they'd look into
it. OK, so, are they going to give us back some A P I's, or not! Make up
their mind. It's like being pregnant. Either they are! going to, or,
they're not! going to. They can't go both ways, that I know of.
I know I'm probably gonna get the F*** tiched outta me for this message,
so go ahead. I can take the heat. I'm voicing my true not so humble
opinion. If people have a problem with me doing so, then, frankly, with
all due respect, tough shit. LOL! I mean, really, I'm sorry to be so
harshly blunt saying that, but I tell it as I see it.
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "TheOreoMonster"
<monkeypushe...@gmail.com>
To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: Letter Update from Pace Anti-piracy
How quickly we forget. There was a fair amount of work that went into PT
regarding modernizing and updating a lot of the code base to get to the
point where all that was needed to be done was label elements and buttons.
Yes that process went relatively quick once the Program got to a point
where that could be done. If memory serves correct it was at least a
couple of years in-between when initial processes started to when access
labeling began. It appears we are in the same holding pattern with pace at
the moment.
On Jan 31, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Mike Lockett <mloc...@gmail.com> wrote:
To everyone that sent a letter to the B-B-B or made a call to Pace,
Feel assured you are being heard.
Pace’s CEO E-O Allen Cornce in an email to Slau Halatyn made reference
to a complaint,
Quote, “What I don't agree with is the assertion that accessibility
support is simple and easy. If it was, we would have rolled it out and
been done with it ages ago.””
Personally I think its HOGWASH!!!
When accessibility is taken seriously and made a priority Avid
Technology is a perfect example things can get fix in an appropriate
time.
In Avid’s case their were a thousand moving parts in the UI of the Ap,
most of the accessibility issues were fixed in les than two months
once it became a priority.
Labeling some elements, and buttons should never take until October…
We may disagree on how to get this done,
but we agree it must be done…
If we keep working the back channels we will achieve our desired results.
In other words lets keep working.
For some of you who may disagree or for other reasons just can’t,
We will respect you.
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