The Find Friends app was recently updated for iOS8. In iOS7's version, it would searate a person't information, so you had to flick four times for each friend. In this version, everything looks the same to me, but they've consolidated the information so it appears all at once. For instance, in iOS7, you might have gotten "Alex Hall", then "1 mile away", then "dash", then "30 s ago". Now, flicking to me would speak it all at once: "Alex Hall, 1 mile away, 30 S ago". Also, if you are exploring a map in Maps or Find Friends, touch 3 fingers to get the address, distance to your current location, heading, nearest intersection, and more of the point where your finger is. Really handy. On Sep 20, 2014, at 9:52 PM, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
> I agree that the good things should also be mentioned. Has anyone messed > with "maps" and seen any improvement? I have, around my neighborhood. It > notified me of points of interest and intersections that I was approaching. > Although it is not consistent, they're on the right track. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > you! really! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura" <laura....@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:00 PM > Subject: The good things in iOS8 > > > Hi > > I know there have been some bugs, and I know there's been some upset, but I > wanted to take a moment to recognise the good things in iOS8. > > I love the direct typing feature. I've been hoping for it for years, and I'm > so much faster on both the iPad and iPhone as a result. I also love having > Alex as an option, and having braille as a universal input will make it much > easier to type in louder environments > > I'm not saying we shouldn't give them feedback about the bugs, or that we > shouldn't complain if they don't listen, but we could also recognise the > things they have done well. And it's also worth noting that a lot of sighted > people are upset about the bugs in the current release. I'd be wary about > reading too much into apple's commitment to accessibility based on the > voiceover bugs in this release. > > Cheers. > > Laura > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
