Hi Scott, Here's my website URL for those who are interested: http://www.mcubedsw.com . The blog post in which I first talked about accessibility is here: http://www.mcubedsw.com/blog/index.php?/site/comments/the_accessible_mac/
Thanks --------------------------------- Martin Pilkington Writer of Weird Symbols pi...@mcubedsw.com On 9 Mar 2009, at 9:11 am, Scott Howell wrote: > Martin, you have certainly covered a number of areas and I am sure > you have already been to Apple's accessibility site, > http://www.apple.com/accessibility > . You can bet this list will be a valuable resource for getting your > questions answered. I will say that it is folks like yourself that > can do the disabled community a great deal of good by taking on such > a task and letting your counterparts know what you have done. We are > a small market, but at the same time we are still a market. Apple > has obviously realized this and has done well, I can't tell you the > number of folks both with and without disabilities who have switched > to the Mac. Actually the drummer in the band I am working with is > just about to make the switch and one of our guitarists just made > the switch and uses his Mac to record our material. So, let me > virtually shake your hand and commend you for for your efforts. I > did not see a URL or what software you develop. > > Thanks, > > On Mar 8, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Martin Pilkington wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Let me introduce myself. My name is Martin Pilkington and I'm a >> software developer on the Mac. I'm starting to do a big >> accessibility push and I'm trying to get many developers to join >> me. One of the key parts of this push is a pledge to make all my >> applications 100% accessible by the end of 2009. I've defined 100% >> accessible to mean 5 things: >> >> 1. The UI available to VoiceOver users should be as user friendly >> as the visual UI. >> 2. All UI elements should have titles and/or descriptions. >> 3. All custom controls should provide full keyboard access. >> 4. There should be a clear and logical order to navigating UI >> fields with the keyboard. >> 5. Every part of an application should be reachable without the >> mouse. >> >> Now I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who hasn't >> got a disability, so I'm hoping everyone on this list could help >> me. Are there any other major points you would say an application >> needs to be 100% accessible to you? Are there any things you would >> like to find in an application as a user with a visual impairment >> that aren't part of the standard Mac accessibility tool? For >> example, an option to get a full text description of the current >> window and how to use it, at any point in the application >> >> Hopefully I can get a lot of other Mac developers to join me in my >> pledge, some others have already come on board with the idea. But >> getting the developers on board is just one piece of the puzzle. >> The most important piece is understanding exactly what your current >> problems and wishes are for accessibility in Mac apps so any >> feedback you can give me is greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> --------------------------------- >> Martin Pilkington >> Writer of Weird Symbols >> pi...@mcubedsw.com >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
