Hi Shawn, this is not correct exactly. Let me explain my take on this.
What Apple did in the KeyNote is talk about many of the upcoming
features of iOS 6, what it will do, featured items. They didn't talk
about all the changes, fixes, ETC. They did things to wet people's
appetites. That's the kind of stuff which is perfectly legal to tweet
about or talk about because as you point out, if Apple themselves talked
about it, then it's public news and it came from the horse's mouth
so-to-speak. The thing that people are upset about was the amount of
details which were given regarding the accessibility of the app store.
It would have been one to say that there are problems, but we can't give
specific details and hopefully if things get worked out then it's a moot
issue, but it was something totally different that the full nature of
the details were given out and in the end it was for nothing because
Apple ended up fixing them before release date.
I'm not judging AppleVis or any of its editorial staff for what they
did, just pointing out why some people are ok with this and why some are
not. In fact, I was one of the people who initially posted to this list
about how you should read what AppleVis has to say before you upgrade to
iOS 6. at the time I posted that, I was thinking it was going to be a
blog post made some time today to give people a heads up on what to expect.
Personally I would choose to honor an NDA, but I'm also not the kind of
troop who follows orders 100% of the time without question either. Does
that make me wishy-washy? Or does that make me disloyal? I really don't
care what people think.
If it had been up to me, I would not have given as much details about
the iOS 6 app store because it ended up causing disinformation and
panic. Then people started thinking that Apple suddenly hates blind
people, and the list goes on and on and on. Instead, I would have done
something more vague like what I stated above, there are some issues
which might impact the use of some iOS 6 features, please please read
them when we can give details before upgrading, blah blah blah.
But that's just me.
I don't harbor any ill will toward AppleVis and I don't see the reason
for the constant bashing and name calling i've seen on Twitter these
last few days.
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On 9/18/2012 1:58 PM, Shawn Keen wrote:
Just a curious thought, but, seeing that apple all ready did a huge
keynote presentation . with lots of reporters there who tweated the
event, all about IOS 6 wouldn't that totally void there NDA.
I mean, if this blog had been put out the week before I could see a
problem.
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*From:* Wil James <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:49 PM
*Subject:* The Dangers of Jumping the Gun
Now that the app store is reportedly fixed, I would like to bring to
your attention why posting the findings of a beta release to the
public is counter-productive.
Here is an article that was posted by a mainstream news site.
Unfortunately, this makes us look bad.
Siri, will Apple's App Store lock out #blind people on iOS 6?
http://t.co/Or0NIO4a
A website has broken the wall of silence surrounding version 6 of
Apple's mobile operating system iOS - and alleged blind people will
struggle to use the App Store software in the new build.
iOS 6 rolls out tomorrow for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches - but
it has been in the hands of selected developers since July, allowing
them to adapt their apps ready for the big launch.
Now a writer for AppleVis.com, which covers software for visually
impaired users, has reported problems with the upcoming iOS 6 release.
Developers reading the article are warned that "posting specific and
detailed information about iOS 6 before it is released to the public
on 19 September would in most cases be a breach of [Apple's
Non-Disclosure Agreement], and could place you at risk of legal
action by Apple".
But in the blog post dated 16 September, the AppleVis writer, who
identifies himself only as David, said he dropped the veil on iOS 6
for good reason. The post "A Warning to VoiceOver Users Ahead of the
Release of iOS 6" claimed that blind or visually impaired Apple
users may be cut off from the App Store software in the next
iteration of iOS.
According to AppleVis, tweaks designed to make the new App Store
more visually appealing have left it incompatible with VoiceOver -
the speech-driven user interface with which punters control their
gadgets. The website alleged that problem occurs with VoiceOver on
the iPhone, but could not verify that there was a similar issue with
the iPad.
The post claims a compatibility problem with VoiceOver means that
search in the App Store will not work, pages shown will not match
what is being read out, and that visually impaired users will be
more or less cut off from using the service.
AppleVis took the position that people should be warned:
We have been alerted to a significant accessibility issue that is
likely to be present in iOS 6, and we believe that with the public
release just a few days away, we would be failing the community if
we did not issue a warning.
The post explains:
At the time of writing, the App Store app is virtually unusable with
VoiceOver on the version of iOS 6 that was released to developers
last week. This release is commonly referred to as the Gold Master,
and is effectively the final version. This problem has been reported
and replicated by several iPhone users. We are unable to confirm
whether the same problem exists on the iPad.
AppleVis said it was hopeful that a fix would be issued before the
release. David added that the changes required would be relatively
simple - as the App Store is not hardcoded into the OS, but
dynamically served up from Apple servers.
The Reg asked Apple for a comment on both the breaking of the
non-disclosure agreement and the unsuitability of iOS 6's App Store
for blind and visually impaired people, but has yet to receive a
reply on either count.
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