Definitely agreed! Maybe I have missed and and am not finding some posts, but complaining about a lack of being easy to use??? Complaining about level of over all accessibility?? I think if people are complaining about it not being easy enough to use or an over all lack in accessibility, they need to examine the validity of their expectations. They should have to use what is on another platform for a week. They should take a look at if the problem simply lies with their understanding of how to use the technology and not entirely the technology's fault. Bashing the accessibility Apple has given us on IOS is quite likely acting spoiled and inconsiderate of one's own responsibility to learn and understand what they are critizising.
On 12/21/12, Sandy Finley <[email protected]> wrote: > Lately there has been some frustration expressed on this list about > accessibility and ease of use of Apple products. I hope that what I have to > say here will help some put this in perspective. > > > > I bought an iPod for Christmas for my sighted husband. Because we are > traveling for Christmas I gave it to him last evening. He has never used > an iPhone and while bright, techy stuff is not his priority. I loaded onto > it our entire digitized music collection plus his almost 1,500 digital > photos, and a few apps I thought he'd like. As I showed him how to use it > I had one of those ahah! Moments. I was saying things like, "That bottom > row is called the doc" and "there's a download button up there on the > right" > and "tap play list on the bottom." > > As far as I know the iPhone is one of the few products that is not only > accessible, but we have a fairly accurate picture of the location of items > on the screen. Perhaps it's due to my technological inferiority but I know > that when he and I navigate a web page together in Internet Explorer I > don't > have a good picture of what is where from his perspective and he doesn't > understand mine either. To say that he was impressed with my newfound > orientation to the screen is an understatement. I bought that iPod, showed > my stepson how to activate VO and then took it over and set it up myself. > To me this is very powerful stuff. > > > > Apple isn't perfect and I got frustrated just the other day figuring out > how > to enter all of my trips into Flight Few, but we've come a very long way > from my college years with a slate and stylus, Braille writer, four-track, > reel-to-reel tape recorder and portable typewriter. > > > > Sandy > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > 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/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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/viphone?hl=en.
