Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-07 Thread william lomas
siri i read, supports english french and german so not the other languages that the iPhone 4s itself supports like danish, chinese, arabic, italian so leaving a lot of users initially at least if can not speak english out of the loop On Oct 6, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi

Tribute to Steve Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Matthew Chao
Hi, Folks. While it was very sad to hear of Steve Jobs' passing, two things came to mind: First, from a historical standpoint, what were the factors that prompted Apple to promote accessibility? That wasn't always the case. Does anyone on the list know? It was this accessibility out of

Re: stanza on the mac.

2011-10-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dónal, I've always hated Stanza. I read epub books with Adobe Digital Editions Preview. OK, you have to hit right arrow to turn a page, but it reads nicely and you can copy a page using VO-Shift-c and paste it wherever you want. It works great with Kobo books, too. It also remembers

Re: stanza on the mac.

2011-10-07 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Thanks Anne, Esther mentioned that a few days ago but I haven't got around to downloading it yet. I'm now removing Stanza! Actually, I'm not going to! I'm going to keep it, bring it up on screen during my HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) class as an example of how to design an app that

Re: stanza on the mac.

2011-10-07 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Just one thing Anne, which version are you using? I presume 1.8; the one with accessibility built in? Dónal On 7 Oct 2011, at 16:11, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Dónal, I've always hated Stanza. I read epub books with Adobe Digital Editions Preview. OK, you have to hit right arrow to turn

Re: thoughts on iPhone 4S

2011-10-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Really. I get over 6 hours of tak time and all of that good stuff and about 3 days if I'm not talking onthe phone if I don't use it for anything or lock it when I'm asleep. I dunno why some of us have battery issues and some don't but there ya go. On Oct 6, 2011, at 4:34 PM, william lomas

iPhone 4S cases.

2011-10-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, I read that all iPhone4 accessories are applicable for the 4S, however that seems inconsistent with information in the announcement regarding the 4s's larger camera aperture. Since my Otterbox defender has paid for itself several times over in terms of preventing damage to my

iOS 5 and triple home click?

2011-10-07 Thread chris hallsworth
Can someone please confirm that the triple home click will be set to VoiceOver by default with iOS 5? I know it's not out till next Wednesday to the general publick, but those who are using the GM or the betas might know. Thanks! --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

Personal Hotspot

2011-10-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
I had the pleasure of using this feature on my Iphone with my Macbook today, setup was easy enough using the Bluetooth assistant on the Mac and the Iphone, pairing wasn't difficult as I was able to give the Mac my own preferred pass code, so far so good but I do have one question, why did Apple

Re: iOS 5 and triple home click?

2011-10-07 Thread James AUSTIN
Those who are using the GM or the Betas are forbidden from talking about it due to their NDAs. On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:02, chris hallsworth wrote: Can someone please confirm that the triple home click will be set to VoiceOver by default with iOS 5? I know it's not out till next Wednesday to

Re: iOS 5 and triple home click?

2011-10-07 Thread chris hallsworth
Ar, I didn't know. Sorry about that. We better close this thread then in my opinion. Thanks. On 07/10/2011 17:22, James AUSTIN wrote: Those who are using the GM or the Betas are forbidden from talking about it due to their NDAs. On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:02, chris hallsworth wrote: Can someone

Re: Personal Hotspot

2011-10-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm just a bit dence. What is this personal hotspot thing?Is that the teathering plan? If so we who have unlimited data cannot use it as once we change plans we cannot go back and we are only aloud 4 gigs a month and if we go over it's an extra 10 per gig. So in my case? No! and sprints cap is

Re: iOS 5 and triple home click?

2011-10-07 Thread william lomas
oh come on who cares about ndas it all over the internet people need to stop living in this shroud of secrecy called apple On Oct 7, 2011, at 5:22 PM, James AUSTIN wrote: Those who are using the GM or the Betas are forbidden from talking about it due to their NDAs. On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:02,

Re: iOS 5 and triple home click?

2011-10-07 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Sorry this mail is utter nonsense! Who cares about NDA? The copyright holder that's who. also the list owner who permits discussion of such matters is liable for prosecution under copyright infringement law among others. So if you're wealthy enough to be able to flout legally binding

Re: iOS 5 and triple home click?

2011-10-07 Thread chris hallsworth
Yes I understand and once again I applaud Apple for making fine fully functional software thanks to their NDA. On 07/10/2011 18:35, douglas rudolph wrote: william, a non discloser agreement is a legal bound it is against most law regions, and international law to actualy break NDA... I am

Question about wifi on the iPhone

2011-10-07 Thread chris hallsworth
Hello all. This is for investigation only. Please can I ask, why would one wifi connection successfully join with the iPhone but not another? When the other one fails to join, you get alert! unable to join network, substituting network with the actual SSID. When I first got my iPod Touch, I

Re: Question about wifi on the iPhone

2011-10-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
Chris, Assuming that you're entering the wi-fi password correctly on the second phone I would try the following in order so as to be as uninvasive possible. 1. In settings - wi-fi forget the offending network if there is an entry for it. 2. Power cycle the router -- keep it powered down for

30 Best iOS 5 Features

2011-10-07 Thread chris hallsworth
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2011/10/30-of-the-best-ios-5-features.html --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own

Re: stanza on the mac.

2011-10-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Dónal, On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:31, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Just one thing Anne, which version are you using? I presume 1.8; the one with accessibility built in? Yes, that's the one. Esther linked to it. Cheers, Anne --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

What you can say to Siri

2011-10-07 Thread chris hallsworth
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/10/05/iphone-4s-what-can-you-say-to-siri/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own

bluetooth headset

2011-10-07 Thread william lomas
hi with my iPhone 4 i have the jabra extreme bluetooth headset, yet i can't make the button on it recognize as a home button to even do basic voice dialing if phone is in my pocket, anyone else know how to get this headset to work or r their special apple headsets --- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: Take Control Clients

2011-10-07 Thread Nigel Rhodes
Hi Gordon, Aside from any updates, I have only purchased the book recently released on Spotlight. Thanks, On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Gordon Lynne wrote: Hi all After a somewhat awkward time over the last couple of weeks, Lynne and I are more or less on an even keel just now. So we

A question about reading in adobe digital preview.

2011-10-07 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Really great with the adobe digital preview. But how do you in an easy way go to the next page. I have set up 2 active points. 1 where I will have to read and another at the next page button. I read that Esther and Anne could go to the next page by pressing the right arrow key, how can