Hi Chris. The reason I suspect that iChat broke when upgrading to Safari 5, is that it's not just the browser that gets updated. The html rendering engine is also updated. Many Mac apps use this engine, including iChat. As for the bugs themselves, I will be surprised if they're not fixed in short order. Generally speaking, when a piece of software has a major point release, there are a few bugs that crop in. Historically Apple has been quite good at squashing these quickly. I'm sure we'll see a safari 5.1 or more likely 5.01 quite soon. As for the lack of communication from accessibil...@apple.com, unfortunately that's just the nature of Apple. As a rule, Apple doesn't announce anything until it's ready for release. This includes both new features and bug fixes. Rest assured though, if people are reporting the VO bugs, they know about them. I sometimes wish they were more communicative as well, but I think it's just part of Apple's corporate DNA to keep things close to the vest. I've found this is one of the hardest things for new Apple users to get used to. This is especially true if they're coming from the world of Access Technology. Often A T companies announce things months before actual release. Bottom line though, if past experience gives us anything to go on, these VoiceOver bugs will be fixed very soon. Darcy
On 2010-06-13, at 9:17 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: > No, I'm referring to the audible.com bug and the ichat bug. Even if going to > audible from a google search works, that shouldn't be necessary, and a > browser upgrade shouldn't effect an unrelated chat application. There is no > way a webpage or a chat application should randomly restart your screen > reader. That to me is unacceptable. > On Jun 13, 2010, at 9:13 PM, louie wrote: > >> Works ok here. If you are coming from jaws I can understand why you are >> having troubles. >> >> On Jun 13, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: >> >>> I am a new mac user, and while I really enjoy my mac, I am slightly >>> concerned about Apple's release of Safari five with apparently little >>> regard to accessibility. I guess I took this somewhat for granted, since >>> Microsoft generally makes sure that the major assistive technology vendors >>> are working with their browsers before release. I am also bothered, though >>> not particularly surprised, by apple's apparent lack of a statement of any >>> kind on this issue. I sent a message to accessibility on the ichat bug, >>> for example, and got no response, not even a canned one. Does this not >>> concern anyone else? I realize Apple is a secretive company, but I would >>> think the least they could do was acknowledge the problem and say they are >>> working on it. For all we know they aren't even working on it. /am I >>> missing something here? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >> >> louie >> louiem...@wavecable.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
