>Do you find Apple's approach of integrating accessibility into the OS (providing VO, creating and publishing the Accessibility API, providing documentation to developers, etc.) to be, not a very promising approach?
Joe, it's important that we put all of this in a broader context. This issue extends beyond iTunes or Apple's approach to accessibility. The issue is how we treat one another, when there are points of view that do not jive with the majority. For example, much has been said about John Denning and his attitude-- the inference of course is that he would never be satisfied with Apple's efforts... That all he wants to do is complain. Such a comment is dismissive and thus disrespectful. More over it doesn't jive with the John Denning I know, the one (and I'm sure he is going to kill me for telling you all this) who now owns, not one, not two, but four Macs, all attained within a period of a year. It does not jive with the fact that because of him, there are two blind individuals we know who've switched. It does not jive with the fact that he has a perfectly good PC that has become the biggest paper weight, I've ever seen. It does not jive wit the fact that he has been using Macs for almost about as long as they have existed. Finally, he has written to Jobs urging that attention not only be focused on voiceover, but screen magnification for low vision users. John's thesis has been clear. If Apple claims to be the best, then in every possible way, they should behave accordingly. I agree with him entirely. And I don't understand why that warrants self-aggrandizing responses from the usual suspects. Take Care, Abdul
