What parts of the code, if any, are shared between the two versions,
could probably be easily shared between new versions as well. In fact,
I'd rather suspect that updating the technology would make
interoperability between the two OS easier to manage, rather than
harder. This is all conjecture, of course.
Alastair Campbell wrote:
Just a thought:
Joe mentioned that iTunes is built differently because they maintain
it on both OSX and Windows. I use it on both, it appears pretty much
identical.
However, that doesn't bode well for it being re-built from the ground
up, as Apple would then have to maintain two versions - probably not
economical.
Two solutions come to mind:
1. Apple build a script or customisation into Voiceover to deal with
iTunes. I wouldn't know if that's possible, but it isn't how they have
generally approached things so far.
2. Someone (any programmer) could build an accessible widget for
iTunes (or adapt one that's there already).
Anyone tried building widgets? I'm not sure how much of the
functionality you could access via a widget, I assume play lists and
searches would be very difficult.
Kind regards,
-Alastair
