On 20 Dec 2015, at 19:30, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote: > Despite having used OS X for a while, I still prefer to work in Linux. The Mac > solves some practical problems for me, but I haven't grown to prefer it, for a > number of reasons. Nevertheless, Apple remain better at accessibility than any > of the other proprietary operating system vendors, and they should be > commended for it.
As to the second point, I suppose you’re right, from a purely veridical perspective. Nevertheless, despite my present-day reliance and recommendation of the Mac platform to blind people, I do remain very concerned about the level of commitment Apple is putting into VoiceOver development. I have not, especially over the last couple of years, more often wished to be using another platform which, while the accessibility may not be incorporated out of the box or refined to the same degree, is at least given to being innovated on and improved and not being left to stagnation and to continually producing deleterious effects on productivity. This is, of course, to say nothing of the fact that Apple has other platforms, the excellent accessibility of which is a much more certain thing, if for no other reason that they are more financially rewarding for Apple. To the first point, what specifically do you like about Linux accessibility over OS X? To me it’s getting better, but still way too unreliable to replace OS X, especially for something as critical as web browsing with Firefox, which seems to be continuously slow and/or broken most of the time. Also, although this point is not strictly accessibility-related, much like Windows, I don’t ever seem to be at peace with Linux on the desktop. The only exception is a fully textmode Linux environment, as run on a server or in my Linux VM, which I have manually built up and verified. OS X does, for the most part, “Just work” and there is a lot of joy to be extracted from such solidarity. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
