Hi Mary,
I started a new thread here since we are straying a fair bit now from the original thread about Android Lollypop. I am also still convinced that Apple is commited to accessibility despite the fact that iOS 8 was released with so many Voiceover bugs. It really has only been just over 2 months since the release of iOS 8 and even if I don't count that screw-up with iOS 8.0.1 which was replaced by 8.0.2 the next day, Apple has already released 3 updates to iOS in that time. Basically simultaneously with the release of iOS 8.1.1 Apple has now released a beta of iOS 8.2 to developers and if the follow the pattern of iOS 8.1 and 8.1.1 where the beta was released only 2 or 3 weeks before the public release we could see the public release of iOS 8.2 before Christmas and even if it does take longer, chances are it will come in January. I can't discuss improvements, but simply the fact that Apple is pumping out updates as such a furious pace would indicate to me that they are dead serious about fixing iOS 8 although 8.2 is also a lot about the Apple Watch as developers now have access to the tools they need to start creating apps for this new category of iOS devices. Anyhow, I don't think neither Android nor Windows can claim to have released 3 updates which were available to the vast majority of users in such a short time frame. One thing Apple has definitely done right is to force carriers to accept that they are in charge of software updates and releases and not the carrier and I think that is one huge benefit of Apple and iOS over anybody elses devices/platform. As for Flash, well, at this point it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon as I often find websites I go to use it. I didn't know it was so difficult to read PDF documents with Voiceover on a Mac. For me that would definitely be a problem because I deal with all sorts of PDF files every day in my business and I love the fact that now with Jaws 16 it doesn't even matter any more if they are accessible PDF's since if they were just scanned I can still get mostly good results with the new OCR feature which allows me to open a PDF in Adobe and with 2 keystrokes to recognize the entire document and read it, search it or copy and paste from it. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
