RE: SlingTV on AppleTV

[Andrew McKay]

It is a principle to me, the company has been very rude about accessibility of 
the SLING TV apps.  Therefore, I will not support them, whether I can find a 
way or not.

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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Kliphton Miller
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 3:11 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: SlingTV on AppleTV

Wow, it really doesn’t take much time.  Especially when you use the app for 
your every day programing, it’s just like remembering things in school, or how 
many steps it takes to get to your mail box.  2nd nature, at least for me 
anyway.
> On Sep 18, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> See, to me that's not accessible, and I don't have time to waist on counting 
> unreadable items.  If that's your thing, then, more power to ya.  LOL! Better 
> you than me.
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> - Original Message - From: "Kliphton Miller" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: SlingTV on AppleTV
> 
> 
> It works for me, I mean if you want to do a little exploring.  I go in to the 
> guide app, where all the channels are listed, remember what channels i like, 
> for example, USA is 19 of 67, I go there, and can watch the live feed. There 
> are other channels, but I wrote them in a note so if I need to find them I 
> can.
>> On Sep 18, 2016, at 2:12 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Good freaking luck.  I tried using the app about 3 or 4 months ago. Totally 
>> inaccessible both on iOS, and on TVOS.  I called their support, and they 
>> basically told me, if it didn't work, get someone sighted to do it for me. 
>> The impression I got was that they really didn't seem to care at all about 
>> the accessibility side of it.
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>> - Original Message - From: "Brandon A. Olivares" 
>> 
>> To: "“Mac Visionaries“" 
>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 10:14 AM
>> Subject: SlingTV on AppleTV
>> 
>> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I saw a podcast on Applevis a while back that demonstrated SlingTV on the 
>> AppleTV.
>> 
>> However, I just downloaded the SlingTV app, and the app keeps crashing for 
>> me. Every time I try to go to either “On Now” or “guide”, it just takes me 
>> back to the home screen of AppleTV.
>> 
>> Is anyone else able to successfully use this app?
>> 
>> Brandonthe
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RE: new Mac

[Andrew McKay]

I would echo everything Alex said.  If you ever want to run Windows in a VM, 
memory is key.  A solid state drive though is the most game changing.  Think 
towards the future though--a little more investment might mean an extra year or 
two considering how long Apple hardware holds up.

 

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On Behalf Of Alex Hall
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 7:19 PM
To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
Subject: Re: new Mac

 

Either will handle VoiceOver just fine. Your biggest enhancement will come if 
you can switch to a solid state drive, which will make app launching, opening 
new windows, loading files, and other tasks a great deal faster.

 

If I could only pick one, it would depend on what I was planning to do. Run 
Windows virtually: ram. Encode videos: CPU. Do a *lot* at once: ram. get 
smoother overall performance: CPU. If possible, upgrade to 8GB of ram, then get 
the best processor you can with your budget. You can get away with 4GB of ram, 
but nowadays I don't recommend it.

On Sep 10, 2016, at 19:01, Sarai Bucciarelli  > wrote:

 

Hi guys: 
Hope all is going well. I currently have a 2010 15 inch Macbook pro, 500 GB HD, 
cor i7 processor. Basically, when I got it, I customized it with the max 
customizations that Apple had at the time. I bought it around March, or April 
2010, when ever this particular Mac came out. it has served me very well, but 
is slowing down, and the battery isn’t lasting. Apple will not repair, or 
replace any parts.
I’m currently looking at either the 2015 MBP 13 inch, or 2015 MBA 13 inch. My 
two questions are, which of these two would better handle Voiceover? Second 
question, if you could only pick one, would you upgrade the RAM or CPU?


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RE: Safari & credit cards

[Andrew McKay]

I store credit cards in ICloud.  Keychain has industry best encryption. It is 
safe/safer than third party options.

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Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 6:27 PM
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Subject: Safari & credit cards

Hi all,

Who’s comfortable storing their credit card info in Safari for autofill check 
out while shopping?  How secure is this on the Mac?  Any tips or advice for or 
against?

Thank you,
Traci

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RE: and you can charge and have audio at the same time over 3.5 adapter

[Andrew McKay]

While I believe this whole deal over moving to a more modern digital adapter 
has been blown way out of proportion by some, I am curious, Is the fact you can 
charge and use this adapter at the same time on their web page somewhere--or 
just word of mouth?  I watched the entire event never heard them say you could 
charge at the same time.

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Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 2:56 PM
To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via 
Subject: and you can charge and have audio at the same time over 3.5 adapter

for folks who belly ached about not having a 100+ year old jack in your phone, 
you can charge and use the jack at the same time.

Now wasn’t all that flaming worth it?  Ah well, you know who got to spout off 
and get clicks for his blog.

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RE: VoiceOver Accessibility Issues for Blind Users in iOS App

[Andrew McKay]

I have previously contacted Tile support numerous times about the poor 
accessibility in their app. After buying three tiles, it is rather 
disappointing the lack of care around this issue and I too will probably be 
forced to look elsewhere.

 

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On Behalf Of Kevin Chao
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2016 11:33 AM
To: Tile Customer Support ; macvisionaries 

Subject: Re: VoiceOver Accessibility Issues for Blind Users in iOS App

 

I've observed same with Tiles and it's due to custom controls and not 
overwriting the UIAccessibilityLabel to a sensible string. 

I'm considering switching to TrackR, especially since there is ALexa skill 
integration.

 

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:40 AM Jonathan Cohn  > wrote:

That sounds like they switched from a standard button to a custom widget. In 
which case, they need to adjust the Accessible Name. though it probably 
indicates that they have done additional actions with the widget that would 
need to be considered, probably with action a lot like the new Nearby Explorer 
app. 

 Exploer 

 

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:24 AM Mika Pyyhkala  > wrote:

Hi,

I have noticed over time that the Tile iOS app has become less and
less VoiceOver accessible.

The key issue I am having is each tile name (i.e. backpack, keys,
etc.) is read by VoiceOver as:
txt_tile_name
txt_tile_name
txt_tile_name

Apple has specific programming guidelines for making iOS apps
VoiceOver accessible:
https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios

Can you get in contact with your developers and engineering team on this?

Thanks,
Mika Pyyhkala
@pyyhkala

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