Hi, you can't have a rating of 1 to 5 for accessibility. I think this is a good idea and I'd like it to happen, but I don't think you've thought it through very well, as with all the others who have voiced it before you. This is nothing new believe me.
First, you can't have an accessibility rating from one to five. The reason is that a significant portion of the user base won't be actively using the product with accessibility features and therefore won't be in a position to rate the accessibility fairly. The rating has to be from 0 or n/a to 5 excellent or fully accessible. Second, if you make an accessibility rating from 0 to 5, that means you have to make all of the other criteria 0 to 5 as well. In short, you are asking for a complete rewrite of the database used to track the ratings, not to mention the front end. Third, once you have added the ability to have a 0 rating, you then have to assess how being rated 0 on one of the criteria effects the overall rating of an app and make sure the math is done properly so the rating system is fair. Fourth, after you've completely rewritten the rating system, How do you prevent disenfranchised people who either got bad support or had a product fail or conflict with other things running on their machine, or who just didn't like the price and thought they'd show the developer what fore, from rating the accessibility a 1 without even knowing or caring what that rating is for. That would mislead users and compromise the rating system, and there are plenty of people out there lazy, stupid or vindictive enough to do something like that. Again, I think it's a great idea, and I wish apple had taken it into account when they were building their software distribution model. But I don't think any amount of forum posting is going to get a move on this. I'm sure hundreds of us have written to accessibil...@apple.com and requested this feature, since it comes up on the list once every three to six months or so. It's on their radar and if anything can reasonably be done about it, the odds are good that it will be done. You would be well off adding your voice to the ones who have already lobbied for this using approved channels and then waiting for it to happen. Apple has listened to us in the past and though we don't usually hear from them, we have no reason to think that they aren't still listening. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2013-04-21, at 3:29 PM, jshandr...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > I am writing this post in hopes of your support. I'm getting frustrated with > some developers lack of dedication to accessibility for their apps. This > isn't to slam all. Their are quite a few who understand importance. There are > a lot of developers who don't respond to emails when you write them. I think > that Apple should consider a rating for accessibility in the ios and Mac app > stores. Maybe 1 to 5, for completely inaccessible to completely accessible. > Maybe if developers see it in writing, they might be inclined to fix it. > > I'm including a link to a post I put on AppleVis. Please consider signing > here or there. > > I also find it demeaning to contact Apple for credit on completely > inaccessible apps. I'm not talking partially inaccessible. Their are quite a > few which we find work arounds. We have all encountered the ones where > developer make no effort, which is wrong because Apple does provide tools to > make apps accessible. > > Thank you for your time. I will forward to Apple with feedback given. > > AppleVis link: > http://www.applevis.com/forum/accessibility-advocacy/app-accessibility-please-read > > jP > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
