any "future boss" that couldn't be open minded enough to just accept how I used my phone, would almost certainly be too closed minded to employ a VI anyway, so again, not really a good argument.
Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aleeha Dudley" <blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com> To: "viPhone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 8:00 PM Subject: Re: face id opinions wanted Responding to both these messages in one, at the risk of being off topic, you would care about looking strange if a future boss saw it. Just saying, and now I’m done. Aleeha > On Dec 17, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Devin Prater <r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, to be fair, some blind people don’t really care if it looks normal. > It’s an advantage that we have, that we could use a phone without needing > to have it even remotely pointing towards us. But we must adapt. I can > almost guarantee that Android manufacturers will adopt something like > FaceID, albeit without the true security that Apple gives, well, not > counting attention-mode being off for us… Even then they couldn’t take the > phone without you at least hearing the unlock sound, at most hearing > VoiceOver speaking. Sure, it’s a little painful now, but it will get > better, as it did with TouchID. > >> On Dec 17, 2018, at 1:53 PM, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Sorry to say this, but if you are using your phone inside a bag or >> pocket, you look really strange to sighted people. It’s not normal. Also, >> FaceID is much more secure than TouchID ever was. >> Aleeha >> >>> On Dec 17, 2018, at 1:43 PM, goshawk on horseback >>> <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> same here, who ever had the stupid idea of doing away with the touch id >>> and >>> replacing it with this stupid face id should be shot! >>> another thing, is that you could use the touch id, whilst the phone is >>> in >>> something like a bumbag, with out having to actually take it out. this >>> is >>> particularly handy if using the phone whilst on horse back for example, >>> as >>> it greatly reduces the risk of dropping the phone. but now you can't do >>> that >>> with this pesky face id rubbish! >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jed Barton" <j...@jedbarton.com> >>> To: "viphone" <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2018 7:36 PM >>> Subject: face id opinions wanted >>> >>> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> OK, i need some input here on face ID. I'm gonna be brutally honest, >>> i personally hate it. I'm pretty good with apple, and keeping up on >>> technology but this face id, it's just not working well for me or not >>> as well as expected. I actually turned it off, that's how annoyed i >>> am with it, and i just do the home swipe. It literally took me 17 >>> minutes to setup an alternate appearance, and i finally threw in the >>> towel and gave up cause it just wasn't recognizing my face. it would >>> tell me turn my head right, i'd move it an inch or 2, but i guess >>> that's too much. Has anyone else had a similar experience? >>> I have 1 appearance setup on my phone. What i find, out of 20 times >>> i'll unlock it, only about half of them work the 1st time. Another >>> thing in find, often when i go to sleep at night, i'll pick up my >>> phone to do something. It never has worked yet when i'm laying down. >>> In my eyes, this is not acceptable. I like to be productive with my >>> phone, not sit there for 30 seconds to try and get the damn thing >>> open. The fingerprint was way more reliable. Has anyone else >>> experienced this, am i alone? Help me out here guys. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jed >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>> 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu. 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