Dear MacVisionaries, I've just sent the following letter to Apple Accessibility. I hope it provides a decent summation of some of the issues we've been experiencing with the new OS, and that it will give them a better idea of what sorts of things should be looked into when they upgrade the product. I'll be sure to forward any response I receive. Best, Zack. Begin forwarded message:
> From: Zachary Kline <kli...@onid.orst.edu> > Subject: OS X Lion and VoiceOver issues > Date: July 21, 2011 1:58:13 PM PDT > To: Apple Accessibility <accessibil...@apple.com> > > Dear Apple Accessibility, > I have recently upgraded my mid 2010 macbook pro to Lion, and have for the > most part been quite pleased with its performance. However, there are a few > troubling developments which degrade the overall quality of the experience. > THe Launchpad and Mission Control features seem mostly accessible, but there > are some omissions which render them less useful than they could be. There > seems no way to move applications into folders, or indeed at all, using > VoiceOver. Drag and drop does not do the expected thing. Mission Control is > somewhat better, but Spaces seem impractical because there is neither any way > to delete them nor to move between apps in a single space. > Safari and Mail also present accessibility problems. Safari's new downloads > popup is not ideal accessibility-wise, and while it works after a fashion the > old downloads window was preferable. Similarly, Mail seems sluggish, often > reporting that it is busy, especially in the new layout. Drag and drop is > inconsistent here as well: the Favorites bar can be added to with the new > shortcuts, but Voiceover refuses to drag items which have a press action, > thus requiring the old mouse toggling shortcut to remove them. > These are a representative sampling of the various issues I've encountered in > using Lion with VoiceOver. I hope that at least some of these may be fixed > in the near future, as this would greatly improve the usability of the system. > Yours sincerely, > Zack Kline. -- 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.
