Hello, Christopher. I haven't played with GoogleMaps in a while, but when I first downloded V. 1.0, I was struck by the unhelpful labels attached to buttons. The button now labeled "views" in the latest version was called "Layers entrypoints" in V. 1.0. The phrase "layers entrypoints" meant nothing to me. The button turned out to be a way to access satellite, traffic, and transit views. I recently showed Google Maps to a sighted user, and he noted the cryptic little icons next to buttons. In other words, the interface wasn't intuitive to him. At any rate, I agree with you entirely when you say a product is worth courting even if it is not workable out of the box.
Craig On 4/8/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm curious why you refer to Google Map's questionable accessibility > record. I haven't used it in a while, so I can't answer your question, > but I downloaded it when it first came out, and I didn't have a problem > with it's accessibility, so although something may have changed > recently, it's been accessible since the get go. Also, the reason to > keep trying it is because it may end up being a superior product. The > iPhone itself wasn't accessible when it first came out but people didn't > give up on it. > > On 04/08/2013 12:45 PM, Craig Werner wrote: >> Greetings to the list. >> >> I don't know why I bother playing with Google Maps considering its >> questionable accessibility record, but I'm still curious about making >> this app work. When I upgraded to V. 1.16, I noticed the "Action >> Results" button seems to have been removed. I cannot figure out how >> to make the app speak voice-guided turn-by-turn instructions. I can >> plug in a starting point and a destination address, and I can call up >> a map if I press the "Paging Footer" button; but I can't enable >> voice-guided instructions. Any thoughts, please? >> >> BTW, "Action Results" and "Paging Footer" are cryptic labels to say the >> least. >> >> Craig >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
