> It's not harmful to sign a petition, but I don't want to go in that > direction. It takes the developer, contact people at involved companies, and > the players to cooperate on the next moves in order for it to be successful. > Scattering like a herd of cats will make a lot of noise and generally do > neither good nor harm.
Teresa Winging its way from my iPod > On Nov 9, 2017, at 17:12, Shaun Everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > > What concerns me is the direction this is going. > > Helpless blind people bitching and moaning, and setting up a petition > eventually on change.org which by the way makes us feel good but doesn't > actually mean that company x has to bother with it at all. > > > > >> On 10/11/2017 2:40 a.m., Scott Chesworth wrote: >> I can't say I'm able to follow Dark's train of thought on how this is >> related to sighted vs blind players or the way things look. Seems to >> me that this is an effort on Apple's part to keep search results from >> being overwhelming, and also to cut down on the amount of >> copycat/lookalike apps in the store. That in itself is understandable, >> but I think they're barking up the wrong tree here, because these >> aren't just copycat apps are they. >> >> Tbh, as an end user, I'd probably prefer to have one master Blindfold >> Games app with a menu system on my phone, but seeing as that doesn't >> seem to be economically viable for Marty, I'll also be writing to >> Apple and urging them to reconsider their decision. >> >> Off to do that now. >> >> Scott >> >> >>> On 11/9/17, dark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Marty. >>> >>> Really sad to hear. >>> >>> I have sent apple a polite but indignant email on the subject you mention, >>> so hopefully we can get them to move said rock. This decision seems more to >>> me to be motivated by the needs of sighted people who need ever flashy menus >>> and different things to look at, than the needs of Vi gamers. >>> >>> Hopefully Apple can be persuaded to change their mind, since this sounds to >>> me like a decision with not much related to access behind it and everything >>> related to how things @loook@ >>> >>> I really hope you can keep developing. >>> >>> All the best, >>> >>> Dark. >>> >>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >>> >>> From: Marty Schultz >>> Sent: 08 November 2017 23:34 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [blind-gamers] No more Blindfold Games or Updates >>> >>> I just finished talking with an Apple representative, and Apple’s decision >>> is that unless I merge the 80 Blindfold Games into a handful of apps, they >>> will no longer allow new games to be released or allow updates to be make. >>> From a technology perspective, that’s extremely hard and time-consuming. >>> From a business perspective, that would mean spending hundreds of hours >>> recoding the games, with no possible return-on-investment. Most of the >>> games generate sales in the first three months of the game being released, >>> and I’ve been building these games for 4 years. >>> From a usability perspective, that means the main menus would be >>> ridiculously complex, and the settings screens would be confusing and almost >>> unusable. >>> If you are unhappy with this decision, you can express your opinion to >>> Apple. The accessibility desk is at [email protected] or you can call >>> 1-800-MY-APPLE. Thanks to everyone for enjoying my games. >> >> . > > > >
