For many years, Apple has been held to a higher standard in accessibility. I posted about a problem that I was having and still having with updating my apps in the app store on my iPhone 4 using iOS 7.0.6. I did white to the accessibility team at Apple, but received an unacceptable response. They basically stated that they couldn't communicate with my address (a joke), and to either restore from a recent backup or to restore to the default settings. I regarded this as a lame excuse. Because I am just waiting for the next iOS 8.1 update, I was willing to leave it alone until another friend indicated that he was having the same trouble using iOS 7.1.2. We put our heads together and came up with 2 work arounds, but why do we need to be the ones that have to think out-of-the-box all of the time? I believe that we all need to become more pro-active and make our voices heard with the Apple accessibility team. It's not enough just for less than a handful to make Apple aware of all of the screwups that have happened in iOS 8 and now in Yosemite. I don't want to seem like I'm complaining, but as a blind community we need to continue to hold Apple to a higher standard and keep plugging away to obtain the products that r sighted counterparts just take for granted. JMO.
Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Christopher Hallsworth <challswor...@icloud.com> > wrote: > > Well, same was true when iOS 8 beta 1 was released to developers. It wasn't > very nice at all. Good job it only ran on my mini as didn't want to get stuck > with an unreliable, possibly unusable 4s. All is history now. > >> On 19/10/2014 21:18, Brandt Steenkamp wrote: >> For those complaining about Yosemite, be grateful, Apple did not release >> developer preview one to the public. >> >> I will not go into detail here, but suffice it to say, it was not a very >> nice experience. >> >> Everything is working like clockwork on my end now, including all continuity >> features, except SMS, which is not suppose to work yet anyway. >> >> I am grateful we have no Windows computers in the house, for if my soon to >> be wife was running anything but a Mac yesterday when her computer decided >> to give us trouble, we would have been up crap creak without a paddle. >> >> Warm regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> Contact me: >> >> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27605259181 >> >> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com >> >> My ring to Skype: >> California, United States >> +(1)760-5140161 >> Extension 512 >> Cape Town, South Africa >> +(27)213-002317 >> Extension 161 >> Johannesburg, South Africa >> +(27)105-002316 >> Extension 170 >> >> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >> >> SIP: 5500...@spokn.com >> >> Twitter: brandtsteenkamp >> >>> On 19 Oct 2014, at 10:08 PM, Christopher Hallsworth >>> <challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yeah, I feel some have so much time on their hands they want to do nothing >>> but complain and even go as far as bashing Apple. Not fair if you ask me >>> considering the timeless work they do for everybody, not just us. >>> >>>> On 19/10/2014 20:04, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>> I can't agree with you more Juan. I don't know if i'm grumpy, tired or >>>> what, but it seems to me some times we like to complain just for the sake >>>> of complaining. I really do hope that when and if we report bugs to Apple >>>> that we don't use the tone we use here, because if we do, they might just >>>> quit giving us the accessibility we're so proud of and guess what, we >>>> would deserve it too. >>>> /Krister >>>> >>>>> 19 okt 2014 kl. 19:18 skrev Juan Hernandez <juanhernande...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Yosemite works great. I love the arrow key nav in safari. >>>>> >>>>> I don't see all of the lag that others see. >>>>>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Pamela Francis <gypsykitt...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Like an idiot, I did update. I have one word to say to you about >>>>>> updating. Don't, under any condition. >>>>>> >>>>>> Pam Francis >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 18, 2014, at 6:41 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> My philosophy is to wait. If you want to help with the bugs and all >>>>>> that, go for it. If your Mavericks experience is smooth and trouble >>>>>> free, I would wait until Yosemite matures a bit more. Some of the new >>>>>> features I am quite interested in but they are not life changing. Same >>>>>> goes for iOS 8. >>>>>> >>>>>> From The Believer. . . >>>>>> . . . what if it were true? >>>>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 10/18/2014 4:37 PM, jeffrey greene wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, Well I've been reading about every bodies problems with OSX 10.10. >>>>>>> So,. do you think I should upgrade from mavericks? Or do you think it >>>>>>> would be better to wait for 10.10.1? I have a 2012 macbook pro with a >>>>>>> quad-core processor and quite a bit of memory. 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