I don't think this is a good idea. Apple won't cut off their nose to spite their face. And I for one don't expect them to. They have done all they can from their end. Do you realize how many thousands if not tens of thousands off apps that would be essentially band from the platform? Sure, some would comply but, Most wouldn't. They would just go on developing for windows. before long, there wouldn't be any Macs to speak of. Why would anyone want a Mac, when you couldn't get any apps for it. I think people aren't looking at the big picture here. Accessibility is just a piece of a really big puzzle. A small piece at that. My suggestion is to not even waste anymore time writing dropbox. Start contacting the tech sites like cnet, boygenius, macrumors, etc. Let them know whats going on. Our number is to few, and dollars to short to have a direct effect. But you can embarrass the hell out of them. No company wants bad press over something like excluding people with a disability from having access to their product. Especially on the Mac OSX platform where accessibility is a given as long as developers follow certain guidelines.
JMO Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Feb 22, 2011, at 8:06 AM, LaMcAs wrote: > Ok so why don't we all email Apple with regard to this - if they have > created an accessible OS then developers must conform to it? If we did this > in force then may Apple can make their vendors comply? > > > Larry & Elliot GD (Guide Dog) > London, UK > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jes Smith > Sent: 22 February 2011 08:32 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: My 2 cents about the inaccessibility of the set up of drop box > > Hi all. > As far as I'm concerned, the complete inaccessibility of Drop Box on the Mac > is inexcusable. And, I tell you this, if I was the CEO of Apple, developers > would either write their code based on Apple's accessibility guidelines, or, > there programs would just be rejected. IT's a black and white issue as far > as I'm concerned. > I mean, mercy! IT's bad enough that we couldn't access the drop box menu, > but now that we can't even set the client up without sighted help? And > honestly, I don't think petitions would do a lot for our cause. Individual > complaints have been sent to drop box for over two years, and they've done > nothing to show us that they hear our cries for accessibility. I'd sign the > petition, but don't think it will help much. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
