Thomas, another thing to consider is the level of accessibility features that any given user will have, based on the OS they are running.
I.E. one user may be running android 4.4 and another user may be running something considerably earlier than that. Both may be usable but not equal in terms of ease of accessibility, so accessible games would need to take this situation into account, as not all android phones can easily run the same OS versions. LookTel has been wanting to release our software on Android for a while now and this has been the issue that has consistently been a deciding factor to wait. The differences in implementations of accessibility in the OS versions. The last thing you want to deal with is wider support issues rather than a simpler support model. While Apple has its own little quirks to deal with they're so minor in comparison that they're pretty much non-existent. Just to give an example, while in the current version of Android you can do a two-finger tap and hold for speech to start, you were not always able to do this. So for people wanting to use our apps, this itself, was a non-starter because it meant that someone may need sighted help or need to go through a bit of work just to get the OS to talk. There's something to be said for the easy button! :) Know what I mean?! :) I'm personally very interested in Android both for myself and for LookTel but for now, iOS is definitely where I'm at… Anyway, hope this helps. and if anyone has any corrections or other insights, please do chime in? Smiles, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Nov 9, 2013, at 7:39 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Eleanor, Thanks for that insightful post. I had heard that developing apps and games for Android could be difficult, something to do with different jvm implementations, but I had no idea that it was that frustrating and complicated. I am reading a guide right now, and the author made no mention of this at all. He made it sound like developing apps for Android is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Follow the steps in the guide and the reader would be well on his/her way to making apps and games for Android. Cheers! On 11/9/13, Eleanor <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas was talking about developing Android games. One of the reasons > that there aren't as many accessible Android games as there are IOS > games is that the emulaters that developers use to write these games are > extremely sloooooow. John has been playing with one and is frustrated > with it. Since you have a lot of different Android phones with > different specs, it is hard to develop code that will work on more than > one phone unless you use emulators. So, if you decide to go that route, > expect frustration! > > Eleanor Robinson > 7-128 Software > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
