Hi All, Would someone who is an experienced iPad user be willing to download and check the National Geographic World Atlas app that is free today? Here's the background: I bought the previous version recently when the price dropped to $0.99 and installed it on my iPad, and it works beautifully as far as accessibility and content goes. All buttons are announced, the controls are easily placed so that the button for selecting locations from a list, "Nations & Territories" button, is at the top left corner and is the first element of the screen, and the search text box for typing in specific searches is in the top right corner. The descriptive text is all shown in the same pop up window for the "Nations & Territories" selection, you can easily navigate to the back button in its top left corner, etc. This app is also universal binary for use on iPhone and iPad and the App Store URL is: • National Geographic World Atlas by National Geographic Society (free for a short time) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/national-geographic-world/id364733950?mt=8
So when this showed up as a free app today, I was going to post it at AppleVis, but decided to check first, because a number of reviews stated that it seemed like a downgrade from the previous version. some of that was because of the inability to download offline maps, which is not an issue for me. However, I checked by downloading the version to my IPhone 5, and was disappointed with the accessibility, because you can't get to any of the text content description. Well, you can bring this up if you toggle VO off, then touch the bottom of the screen where the text name of the country or region you selected is announced, and flick up. This brings up a menu with all the information and buttons that automatically comes up with the iPad version I have. (And no, you can't drag this window up with a double tap and hold pass-through gesture or anything else I tried on the iPhone with VO still on.) I don't know whether the accessibility issues are the difference between the iPhone and iPad versions, or just the latest update, which came out today -- the same day as the price change. I didn't try downloading the older version on my iPhone 4, since I was just going to upgrade my phone, and I don't want to update my beautifully working iPad version in case there's an accessibility drop in the latest release. The download is 203.4 MB in size. By the way, to add to the confusion, there's an older World Atlas by National Geographic app expressly for the iPhone that they've also made free today. It's accessible and smaller in size (69.0 MB) but doesn't have the wealth of additional information that makes the present atlas worth having. It's more for people who are mainly interested in maps, and if you want the text content in an iPhone app, I'd recommend the World Factbook 2013 by jDictionary Mobile ($0.99) instead. If you do happen to download this older "World Atlas by National Geographic" iPhone app, it will be labeled as "World Atlas" exactly like the new universal "National Geographic World Atlas" app that has the accessibility issues on the iPhone that I described above. Plus, you will get an alert when you start up the app urging you to get their new Universal app, which is free for a short period, since they will be discontinuing support of the old app. Thanks, and sorry for the long post. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
