This might sound like a stupid question and maybe it is too, but what
should we do to defend our product, so to speak, in a good way? Please
understand that i'm not ironic here, i just want to know so that i can
have good arguments when going out and talking about the Mac.
/Krister
21 maj 2008 kl. 19.35 skrev John Panarese:
Comments from AFB or any other blindness organization that
reflect negatively on Apple and VoiceOver do not surprise me and
should not surprise anyone. There is serious special interest in
what is realistically a small market. If more and more folks start
looking at the Mac and, in turn, make the switch to the Mac,
companies like GW Micro and Freedom Scientific do have a lot to
lose. I don't believe at all that Windows will or should go
entirely away, and I also feel Window-Eyes is the screen reader
choice for that platform. The thing is, as the Mac does become more
and more popular and as accessibility continues to diversify and
increase, one should expect the reviews and comments from special
interest groups in the Windows' corner to become more shrill and
vitrialic in their tone and manner. Folks, unfortunately, it is
going to be up to us, as well as Apple, to make sure the honest
truth about the Mac and accessibility is presented to the blindness
community because we can't expect that to occur from the
organizations that supposedly represent our best interests as
consumers.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
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On May 21, 2008, at 12:17 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
It's going to blow up, but it's not going to be in Apple's face.
Apple is the future of accessibility. They want the whole market.
On May 20, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
Well I will speculate they are being supported by Freedom
Scientific and GWMicro. The AFB review told me to my face before
he ever wrote the review of VoiceOver that, "I'll see to it that
this [VoiceOver] blows up in Apple face."
Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
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On May 20, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
Same ol' same ol' from the AFB folks. I will not speculate as to
whose pocket they're in.
