Unfortunately this particular article exists in a forum which does not
allow public feedback. Therefore it stands unchallenged and
authoritative by the backing of the AFB. This is a fairly old school way
to do things and I hope some day they will adopt a more open and
cluetrain manifesto oriented stance. If your curios you can find this
old-ish but still relevant document here:
http://www.cluetrain.com/#95theses
CB
Krister Ekstrom wrote:
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
Managing Director
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Hauppauge, NY 11788
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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.
