Agree with all of your points. So we either have to adopt it or be on older technologies.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 4:01 PM To: tchild <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Microsoft and accessibility Google is your friend. Do a little research and you'll see a long list of problems with Windows 10 and Edge for the sighted folks as well. A recent update sent some systems into an eternal rebooting cycle. Sony is telling their laptop users not to update. And on and on it goes. Initial releases of operating systems and something all new like Edge have always been buggy for everyone. Look at iOS 8. Its initial release was an absolute disaster. But Apple had set the date and had to put it out with the new iPhones. And that is more or less the case with every developer. Nothing will ever be perfect, and certainly not optimal upon release. If they strove for that unobtainable goal nothing would ever be released. Edge is, overall, a leap for Microsoft. And it's really more like a beta release at this point. It doesn't support extensions, not even Microsoft's own SilverLight, some pages don't render correctly, transferring favorites from other browsers is a hit or miss, and on and on. The biggest rave reviewers ramble on about is its page load time. And they're talking about benchmark improvements in speed that are measured in milliseconds. And like politicians they can twist the numbers and say Edge loads pages one third faster than chrome or Firefox. But are you really going to notice a performance increase of one tenth of one second, especially when your screen-reader has to do a boatload of work just to get started on that page? We'll get access over time. But be realistic. We are not and never will be at the top of any developer's priority list other than that of screen-reader developers. This has been the case since day one and always will be. It's a simple and unavoidable dictate of doing business, no matter what kind of business you're running. If you want to stay in business you cater to the concerns and desires of your main customer base. Period. And we have three other browsers to choose from. So we lose nothing. Regards, Tom On 8/12/2015 2:42 PM, tchild via Talk wrote: > Hi, > I’m a bit dismayed and also wondering about the “back steps” accessibility > has seemed to take. Where are all the organizations, and people we as blind > and dissabled people have put our “faith” in to make sure that we can at > least access some of the stuff via networks. In this day and age for > Microsoft not only to roll out a new version of windows that is less > accessible than previous versions, but an all new browser that is totally > in-accessible with a screen reader. We hear the same old song and dance > everytime we have to settle for less than our sighted peers. Maybe it’s time > blind and Vi quit “blindly” following the Acb’s and the NFB’s and band > together for one cause. We’ve kinda been like the north against the south, > Democrats against Republicans. I’m afraid that untill we are all or “one > mind” we will continue to have to settle for being “second class” citizens... > Just saying. Tony > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/tom.kingston%40charter.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/gmelconian619%40gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
