[Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems

[Mike Freeman]

Actually, we can't make a statement such as that below. The ultimate problem
is that although it doesn't seem so to us, we, the blind, are a small
minority of Apple's customer base.

I, too, wish they'd address accessibility bugs more quickly and thoroughly.
But believe me: there are plenty of iOS 8 bugs that bothered sighted
persons, too. The problem is that Apple has forgotten everything it ever
knew about regression testing to weed out bugs before software/hardware is
released. Frankly, we, the consumers, don't hold tech companies to the
standard we once did.

Ah well.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of cheez via Electronics-talk
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 8:21 AM
To: Christine Szostak; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems

It seems Apple isn't willing to address the issues with the latest IOS
version.  As far as I know.
Vince

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Szostak via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>; "Discussion of
accessibleelectronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>;
"'Mohaned Sayegh'" <mohaneds at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems


> Yep, there are actually lots of little bugs in IOS 8.1 and it is 
> actually a bit of a pain. Oh, how I wish I had not yet updated:). I 
> also notice a lot of sluggishness that I did not notice when running 
> IOS 7.1.2. I know the email issue has been a major complaint and I 
> think there are issues with the volume but I do not tend to use mine 
> much for email so can only say from what I have heard from others.
> Have a great rest of the weekend!
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nicole Torcolini via Electronics-talk" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'Mohaned Sayegh'" <mohaneds at gmail.com>; "'Discussion of 
> accessible electronics and appliances'" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>
>
>> 8.1, but the problems seem to be present in all of the 8 versions.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mohaned Sayegh [mailto:mohaneds at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 5:10 PM
>> To: Nicole Torcolini; Discussion of accessible electronics and 
>> appliances
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>
>> Okay, are you using 8 or 8.1?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nicole Torcolini via Electronics-talk
>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:05 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] iOS 8 Problems
>>
>> I recently updated my iPhone 5 to iOS 8, and I am having some 
>> accessibility problems. The first one may have been present before, 
>> but I just did not know. It seems to be possible to change the volume 
>> of the ringer and alerts and of the VoiceOver speech using the 
>> buttons, but it does not seem to be possible to change the volume of 
>> the VoiceOver sounds with the buttons.
>> The
>> next problem is that emails keep temporarily disappearing. I will be 
>> on an unread message in a thread and swipe right to a read message. 
>> When I swipe left, the unread message is going. Pressing home and 
>> then reopening mail makes the message come back and stay. I disabled 
>> the swipe left and swipe right actions in settings for emails, but 
>> that did not help. Another VoiceOver related issue is that, 
>> sometimes, VoiceOver is not reading the on/off state of a toggle 
>> button. Restarting the iPhone fixes it. Finally, the money reader 
>> does not seem to work with iOS 8. It was finicky with 7, but seems to 
>> not work at all with 8. Has anyone else experienced these issues or 
>> know anything about them?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nicole
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