I suspect you answered your own question. Moderation of this list is a
really light touch, pretty much just managing by exception
(exceptionally bad behavior). That said, I think the name is a bit of an
anachronism as iOS devices were not really accessible until voiceover
came out back in the 3GS days (June 19, 2009) and this list goes back to
around 2005 when voiceover was introduced in OSX 10.4. So while it
started as a Mac/Voiceover list, over the years a large number of Mac
users have also become iOS users. That shared interest shows up as lots
of iOS questions here, which are probably of interest to many
subscribers. Apple itself seems to be doing more and more
cross-pollination between the OSX and iOS UI so gestures learned on one
are reusable on the other. So while it might be nice to keep a clean
Mac-only discussion, the reality is the list content is what people want
to discuss and apparently lots of folks like to talk about iOS. Hard to
push that rope.
CB
On 3/12/14 1:04 PM, Piotr Machacz wrote:
Hi,
Got a quick question. While I can see that most people that have Macs also probably have an
iDevice, what's with the big flood of iOS messages? No offence to anyone, but that's not the topic
of the list, there's others where you can ask about your iPhone, there's that and Applevis as well.
This list is high traffic enough, and these posts aren't ¸exactly relevant. If the list was called
"Apple visionaries", then maybe I could see why there's so many iOS posts. But if I was
in need of help with a Mac, having asked a question, checking for new messages, only to find a lot
of posts about, say, dragging apps to the iOS dock, it'd be sightly frustrating. Lastly, not
everyone has an iOS device or primarily uses one. For example, while I have a 5th gen iPod touch, I
actually use a Galaxy S4 as my phone and check around on sites like applevis for iOS questions and
discussions. I also keep all of my lists separated into folders, so seeing iOS posts in a
"Mac" folder isn't really fun. I would really appreciate it if people would just take
there iPhone observations and questions to lists and sites where that's the main focus.
Thanks,
Piotr
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