Hi Christopher, Exactly, this was exactly the same for iOS 5 and iOS 6. It just so happened somebody brought this to everybody's attention and it was put in a negative light and now a few people are having a hissy fit about it. I totally agree that there are a few bugs in iOS 7 just as there were some in iOS 6 and iOS 5 and iOS 4 and so on. As I pointed out in my other message, traffic on this list has been so overwhelming with so much repetition and so much chewing the same few problems over and over that some people are left with the perception that iOS 7 is this horrible upgrade which takes accessibility back 5 steps and which makes older devices grind to a halt. In reality iOS 7 is an awesome update, looking back it will most likely be viewed as very well done and all in all sighted and blind people alike will like it a lot. Some people seem to think that half their apps won't run on it because there hasn't been a specific update that says "iOS 7 fixes" but of course the fact is that among my 60 or 70 apps all but 3 or 4 worked even with the Beta version. Of the few which didn't work (Groundwire SIP client and Talking Goggles specifically) updates which fixed the problems were out even before the public release. Tap Tap See which is an important app for many worked but had some issues with the Flash and the Repeat button not working and it's been fixed by now, bearly a week later. Mary is worried about the Seeing Eye app, but I have not seen a single message that it was not working in iOS 7.
Anyhow, I don't want to repeat myself, but I just can't stress enough that iOS 7 is a good update which is working well at this point and I wouldn't go back to iOS 6 even if I could and somebody offered me $50 to do so. I think the reason why Apple is pushing the update to download and then notify people is because there are a lot of people who can't care less about following the latest news about iOS and that way Apple makes sure they do realize there is an update and when people see that an update is available and there is just a button that says "Install" they will do it. I wonder how Mary and others who are so angry at Apple right now would feel if they bought the latest and greatest Galaxy S4 now and a year from now some absolutely awesome Android update came out which would improve accessibility by miles and they couldn't upgrade because their 1 year old device is not compatible. I read that I think it is 0.5% of Android devices out there are running the latest version of Android. Most devices that are a year or 2 old never have a hope to get an update. On the other hand well over 50% of all allegeable iOS devices which can run iOS 7 already have upgraded. Sure, iPhone 3GS and iPad 1 users as well as pre Fifth Gen iPod Touch users can't upgrade, but I think by now this is a fairly small number and it will be smaller still in 6 months as many who have a 3GS will upgrade to at least a 4S or 5C and then use iOS 7. I wouldn't be surprised if 80%+ will be running iOS 7 in 6 months. I also hope that the wining about not being able to downgrade or about the injustice of having this upgrade downloaded to one's device stops because it really is not very constructive and it's not like it will change anything. I wonder how many people are still running iOS 5, I bet it's very few and we all know that we can count on Apple to fix some bugs in 6 or so weeks and it would be much more helpful if people would send good feedback to Apple Accessibility rather than vent their anger which in many cases is based on some perceived problem they heard about but haven't even experienced. 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.
