On Jun 29, 2012, at 6:28 PM, krystal watson wrote:
i am also surprized that they don't want to fix it but the tools
they use can't support it at least that is what dave said the app
develiper
If this is what the developer said, and if the developer is using
apple tools (as most folks are when developing for the mac) then this
guy is full of it.
Apple does provide the tools for making things accessible, it's built
right into their development tools.
A lot of developers don't use the apple provided resources, then
complain they can't do this or that, just because they don't know how
to do it.
The apple tools make it rather easy to add accessibility, but it can
also be done without those tools, it's just generally additional work
most developers aren't interesting in doing, or (worst yet) don't
know how to do themselves.
That is where the problem lies.
It's not a matter of can't be done, (look at firefox for a group that
is doing that), but a matter of won't be done, because developers
don't want to spend the time adding the resources they ignored or
didn't have because of not using apple provided resources.
The firefox guys are an excellent example of what can be done, since
they also at first thought accessibility wasn't possible, because
they used all custom elements (for some reason I'm still not clear on
btw) and now they're making the effort to add the accessibility parts
of the code that is missing, and as some on this list have discovered,
is coming quite nicely for a stand-alone accessibility effort.
So, it can be done, it is being done, and those that say otherwise
are just lazy, ignorant, (meaning lacking of knowledge, not the
other definition) or both.
It's a real shame apple went through the effort of making sure
everyone had the tools to make stuff accessible, and so few
developers actually use what they're given.
Make no mistake, most folks who make programs will do what's required
if they're made aware of the need, but there's a few that just
downright refuse to make the effort, and it's those that make me want
to scream.
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