HI all. I'm not upgrading my phone to iOS 7 because, as primarily a braille user, I find the bugs I have been working with on my iPod 5 things that I do not wish to deal with on the device I use all the time. Certainly, things like iTunes radio are fantastic, but things like the onscreen keyboard getting in my way, a bunch of editing commands being broken, etc, are all reasons I'm staing away from iOS 7. I hope Apple will fix this stuff, but I know that as a braille user, my worth in terms of priority on the bug fixing chain is very close to the bottom.
Scott On 9/27/13, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mary and others, > > I didn't even know about the claim you can't edit first and last name. So, > I > just tried it and yes, it appears that once I double tap on First or Last > Name, I can't flick up and down with rotor set to characters and review the > name. However, I just tried the Delete key and I could delete the name > without any difficulties and type it in again. > I would also classify this as extremely low on the list of important bugs > because once you have a contact added, how often do you have to actually go > in and edit the first and last name. I am not saying it shouldn't be fixed, > but it's certainly not a dealbreaker. > > As far as all of the other issues, well, I don't want to sound smug or > condescending, but I have been running iOS 7 since Beta 5 in mid August and > first of all I don't think there are any more bugs than there were when iOS > 5 or iOS 6 was released. Second, a fair number of the things people report > I > for one either can't reproduce or if I can I can easily find a work-around. > Lastly, if as Raul also pointed out, people on here read the messages and > followed the advice many of us are giving, list traffic would I think be at > least 30% or more lower. I don't know how often I have seen messages about > where the Delete button on the Phone keypad has gone or how can I get rid > of > the extra characters popping up on the keyboard if I hold my finger on a > letter too long. I could come up with numerous other examples and if > somebody took the time to condense these thousands of messages since the > iOS > 7 update into a list of actual bugs along with any potential work-arounds I > still hold that iOS 7 is probably the update with the least problems and > the > best new feature set. > Another huge chunk of messages deals with complaints about how the old > notification center was better than the new, how people don't like or do > like the new app switcher and stuff like that. > Maybe you wonder what that has to do with the fact that many on the list > feel iOS 7 is a complete let down by Apple and a huge step backward in > accessibility. What I think it has to do with that is perception. People > are > overwhelmed with hundreds of messages each day, many are complaints about 2 > or 3 things or repeats about a few bugs. One person posted that he better > wait with the upgrade because such a huge jump in list traffic can only > mean > there are lots of problems. If you go back, however, and look at list > traffic right after the iOS 4, 5 and 6 update there was just such a spike. > For iOS 4 and 5 it may have seemed less because there were way less people > on the list at that point. > > In short I feel that there is absolutely no reason why somebody who has an > iPhone 4, 4S or 5 shouldn't upgrade. Yes, I know people say iOS 7 is > sluggish on the iPhone 4 and even the 4S, a few even say this about the 5. > I > do have a 4S right now and I don't see it, maybe when you open an app for > the first time it takes a second or 2 longer, but when I navigate my phone, > type or activate buttons and items like an alert in the Notification Center > my 4S does things just as snappily as before. I also heard from enough > people who have the iPhone 4 that iOS 7 performs very well, so I conclude > that if somebody has issues it's maybe because they upgraded without > bothering to empty the app switcher and do a restart and things are just > bogged down. It should be fairly common sense that one should not perform > any major updates without doing a backup first and then making sure to > close > out open apps. If I install the monthly Windows updates I don't do so while > I have 6 programs open. My advice is that if your device is sluggish, do a > restore and redo the upgrade but this time close your apps and reset the > phone first before you hook it up to iTunes and do that. Then after the > upgrade, power the phone off again, wait 30 seconds and restart it. My > guess > is that you will find a vastly improved experience waiting. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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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