I hope you're right. Personally, after narrator and the complete lack of accessibility in Windows Phone 7, I think it is obvious that ms cares not at all for accessibility. Therefore, I think the next major upgrade to Skype will introduce features that no one really needs, as ms often seems to do, and will at least break some accessibility. Things, I think, will go downhill from there.
On 5/10/11, Zachary Kline <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > Yes, while MS's buying Skype did come out of left field for almost > everybody, I tend to believe that at least in the short term we won't see > much in the way of degraded accessibility. Skype's codebase has been worked > on by the company for years, and I have trouble imagining the new management > will completely toss out all that effort. Longer term, perhaps, the outlook > is less than ideal, but I still don't see any really drastic changes in the > pipeline. Call me an optimist, but I'm willing to give MS the benefit of > the doubt in this case and avoid predicting doom when it might not be > certain. > Best, > Zack. > > On May 10, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Jes Smith wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Looks like the days of Skype's being useful, and accessible to the blind >> are over. Microsoft just confirmed the purchase of Skype for 8.5 billion. >> Read below entitled: >> Yes, Microsoft is buying Skype - The Term Sheet: Fortune's deals ... >> Know what this means? This means the installer for Skype version 6 won't >> even be VO accessible. >> Jes >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
