Exactly, I found that so useful on so many fronts, from finding apps I wouldn’t have known about otherwise, to being able to check the podcast section of the Sero app for their latest content to hear about things like new IOS updates, new apps, and the like, which became a routine for me once a month to check up on. While I find mailing lists to be vary helpful, I don’t see a mailing list to be able to be as well put together as this site’s content was, but that’s just my 2 sense.
> On Jul 28, 2024, at 12:29 AM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > > I am personally stunned to learn one individual created such a legacy. > What also concerns me deeply is that the resource will be gone for the many > new to Apple and accessibility who may not have a solid public resource to > draw upon. > Speaking Personally, I hope the executive team leverages a bit of those > referenced apple contacts gaining help to archive the material there. its a > profoundly valuable collection of information. Indeed the site was > technically well done, cannot imagine who was creating such a toxic > environment..a handful tainting things for others.. > Karen > > > > On Sun, 28 Jul 2024, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Damn. >> >> But of course it's entirely right that a volunteer-run site should give its >> first priority to those volunteers. They owe us nothing and, indeed, all >> good things must come to an end, eventually. Particularly in a much more >> turbulent climate. >> >> But it's such a shame. The site was competently run, technically. And the >> public visibility undoubtedly helped in a way that perhaps a mailing list >> couldn't. >> >> I'd be devestated to see the whole thing go up in smoke, turn to dust. I >> hope the content is somehow archived as a testament to the community. While >> I love mailing lists and archiving them is easy, they don't have quite the >> same outreach; hopefully, some sort of sequel is imagined, perhaps a hybrid >> of both forum and list, which gives the users of both something to be happy >> about. Groups.io isn't too bad, but something self-hosted would be better. >> Maybe Discourse, or something like it. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> 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. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/71E36472-8938-40BC-8E6A-25418035DE73%40me.com. >> -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/464DC0DC-8DBC-41A1-A7E1-51B46BB1DC30%40gmail.com.
