Christopher, in the long run, a badly-chosen label name is a minor accessibility issue; but if it prevents one from investigating further, it can potentially be a show-stopper. Not everyone is of an experimental nature. Having said that, I add that you and I agree that Google Maps is worth pursuing as a possible workable app. Over the next few days, I'll try to get an answer to my question about how voice-guided directions can be resurrected in the latest version.
Craig On 4/8/13, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > True, I did think the icon labels in Google Maps was particularly > cryptic, but I frequently find a one word label for an icon to be > mysterious, and I need to do a bit of exploring to figure out what each > icon and button really leads to. Ditto for icons used by the sighted. > When asking a sighted friend or relative what a particular icon does, > I'll hear things like "it looks like a little flower" or "it's a square > with an equals sign in the middle". Considering the different hurdles I > face for accessibility the poor choice of a word or phrase for an icon > label seems like a pretty minor accessibility issue. > > On 04/08/2013 05:11 PM, Craig Werner wrote: >> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > 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. 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