On 5/28/2009 2:34 PM, Jessi and Goldina wrote: > agreed, Arthur, lol. > if you're gonna take that approach about the iphone and firefox and > their various addons and apps why don't you just say that about > voiceover as a whole? what it seems like you're saying is let's not > make the iphone accessible cuz none of the apps will be. well then, > let's not make the mac accessible because of all those apps that > aren't made by apple that may not be. that seems like a silly > approach. I'm sure there will be plenty of iphone apps that will be > accessible. as the word about accessibility grows, app developers will > most likely strive to make their products accessible. they've done so > on the mac, so I don't see why they wouldn't on the iphone. > > I'm sure apple will do it, it's only a matter of time. let's not be > all negative and try and shoot down something that could benefit us. > the iphone will still be the iphone whether it's accessible or not. > peace and positivity > Jessi > follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva > On 28-May-09, at 12:23 PM, arthur gindin wrote: > > >> spamming hardly befits a "distinguished" person >> >> Sean Tikkun wrote: >> >>> Can folks on this board help me out here? I don't see the point of >>> an accessible iPhone. The fluid dynamic of screen touch technology >>> combined with GUI interface seems like it is just a counter >>> accessible >>> design form the get go. Once you make the thing accessible it is no >>> longer an iPhone. I may not be far enough outside the box, but even >>> if the iPhone were made accessible then all of the apps would still >>> not be. It is the same issue with Firefox. If Firefox wanted to be >>> accessible, they would be! From my understanding the mark-up is >>> there. The code for using it is free to the programmers and >>> developers... They just don't care to do it. >>> Shouldn't we be e-mail spamming Firefox to get with the program? >>> >>> >>> Sean Richards Tikkun >>> Apple Distinghuished Educator >>> class of 2007 >>> jaq...@mac.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 28, 2009, at 5:20 AM, Vicki Manley wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> That would be so ace if they brought out an accessible i phone!!!! >>>> What a really great suggestion!!! >>>> Best wishes, >>>> Vicki. >>>> On 28 May 2009, at 06:37, Ben King wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Dear Mac Friends, >>>>> >>>>> I am writing you to let you know about an experience I had today at >>>>> the University Village Apple Store in Seattle Washington. The >>>>> person >>>>> that I spoke to was very nice and he asked me what I would like to >>>>> see >>>>> improved in regards to Voiceover. I told him that Fire Fox would >>>>> be >>>>> nice with Voiceover support as well as maybe an accessible I Phone. >>>>> Anyway, it was extremely nice for me to go into an Apple Store and >>>>> play with main stream technology. I love Voiceover as well as the >>>>> Mac. I hope you all have a nice evening. >>>>> Blessings, >>>>> Ben King >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > 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 > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > Let's also remember that the folks at google encluding TV raymond are working to make the android phone which has a touch screen like the iphone, accessible. I'm sure Apple will eventually. Also, firefox is working on accessibility as has been discussed before.
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