So what's the big deal. When you open the message and read it, your choices are simple. Delete it or reply to it. Nobody is forcing anybody to do anything. You, I, and everybody else here was a newbee at one time. If this list is going to be that nit-picking, I probably won't be around all that much longer.
Alan Sent from my iPhone 4. On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I agree with everything you said but, I think you are ignoring the validity > of the original posters statement. For example. I've seen people ask the > "how much is an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, etc, dozens of times on this list > in the last 3 years. Now, to me, I think this is a silly question to ask on > a list as big as this. By the time you get a reply, and find the reply to > that question, the person could have gone to the Apple site and just looked > for themselves. Or, when a person talks about a new app they have come > across, and people ask, "how much is it? I'm like, well, why not check for > your self? I mean, if your going to buy it, you would actually need to click > on the button that displays the price, no? I've even seen people post > something like, "Hi list, I've downloaded this app, and there are 2 unlabeled > buttons. What do they do? Now, I'm far from the most adventuress person in > the world but, wouldn't it be much easier to double tap on the buttons > yourself? Lets think about it. Some people would wait hours, if not days, > for someone to report back on what those 2 buttons do before venturing to > press them. I could totally understand why a person might be annoyed by such > a post. I tend to just delete these myself. I have a feeling Fred might > have been talking about questions more like this than, questions that deal > with the general operation of an IOS device or, the use of an application. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Apr 12, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Eddie, >> >> Having taught accessible technology for 21 years to people of all degrees of >> vision and many combinations of disabilities, I totally agree with your >> technique. When a client doesn't understand the first or second time, there >> is no point repeating the same thing over and over. Its up to us to change -- 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.
