[nfbcs] iOS 7 and Suggestions?

Jim Barbour jbar at barcore.com
Thu Sep 19 13:52:37 UTC 2013 

Steve, I think your logic is sound.  Climbing the IOS7 learning curve
will be much more valuable to you than climbing the IOS6 learning
curve at this point.

Another compelling reason for folks to take the plunge is that we are 
going to have to get used to the new quirks in IOS7. Apple
doesn't generally do a .01 release designed to "fix" all the stuff
that's still "broken" when an IOS version is released.  A few
incremental improvements will happen over the next few months, but
mostly we have to get used to what's in new IOS versions.  Staying
behind is only profitable for so long before an OS feature, app, or a
new version of an app we want requires IOS7 to function.

The most compelling reason to wait a week or so is if you're not
comfortable figuring out all the newness on your own.  If you wait a
week, then other VO users can blaze the trail.  They'll learn
about the new quirks, find workarounds, etc. and then you can take
advantage of a much more educated group of IOS7 VO users to ask
questions of when you do upgrade.

Take Care,

Jim

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:07:08AM -0500, Steve Jacobson wrote:
> I am one who always preaches to my kids about not upgrading right away, let someone else get the bugs out, be on the trailing side 
> of the leading edge of technology and all that.  However, I went ahead and installed IOS 7 on an Iphone 5 and so far have not had 
> any problems.  
> 
> I read the BLOG entry below and don't really see much that is any more flaky than some of what I found as a new user of IOS 6, but 
> I am sure there will be some bugs that will surface.  I did not get the "Push" that Ian mentioned as such.  I had to go into 
> settings, General, Software Updates and the IOS 7 update was listed there.  A friend of mine had an extremely long download time 
> during the day yesterday, but last night it downloaded in about ten minutes, but that will depend on the speed of one's 
> connection as well.  I believe the download was about 750 megabytes, so one will want to be connected to WI-FI if one is on a plan 
> with 
> limited data.  
> 
> The biggest reason I took the plunge is that I am new enough to IOS 6 that I didn't want to spend more time learning things I 
> might have to unlearn.  There are always risks in being the first, and one should weigh whether there is something they need now 
> rather than waiting a bit to see if something emerges as a big problem, but my initial experience has not been too bad.  From what 
> Dave said, though, one might want to be careful if one has an iPhone 4S.  Also, I noticed as have some others that when IOS 7 
> first comes up that it seems to cycle through languages.  I'm not certain what would have happened had I tapped when it was 
> speaking another language, I waited until I heard English.  It also took my phone a long time to come to life after the install.  
> It could be I was lucky.  Common sense dictates that one only do this when they have a lot of time since there are variables, and 
> if one is heavily dependent on their phone, it makes sense to have a backup plan.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:37:54 -0400, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> 
> >There is a lot of flaky behavior:
> >http://tds-solutions.net/blog/?p=164
> >On 9/18/2013 9:50 PM, Louis Maher wrote:
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> Come on in, the water is fine.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Louis Maher
> >> 713-444-7838
> >> ljmaher at swbell.net
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 6:18 PM
> >> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> >> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] iOS 7 and Suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Louis.
> >>
> >> Incidentally, take a look at the articles on iOS 7 on
> >> http://www.applevis.com. IMO there's enough flaky behavior to warrant
> >> holding off updating.
> >>
> >> Mike Freeman
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Louis Maher
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:31 PM
> >> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> >> Cc: This is a list for discussion among members of the NFB of Texas.
> >> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] iOS 7 and Suggestions?
> >>
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> Jonathan Mosen (http://mosen.org/index.php/mosen-consulting-store/)
> >> Has an excellent $9 book on the voiceover changes in IOS 7.  The book is
> >> called
> >> iOS7 Without the Eye - eBook on all that's new in iOS7.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Louis Maher
> >> 713-444-7838
> >> ljmaher at swbell.net
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:39 AM
> >> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> >> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] iOS 7 and Suggestions?
> >>
> >> The site http://www.applevis.com is supposed to release a bunch of materials
> >> on the changes affecting VoiceOver users in iOS7 and what's fixed and what's
> >> been broken later today when the update is released.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of I. C. Bray
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 4:07 AM
> >> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> >> Subject: [nfbcs] iOS 7 and Suggestions?
> >>
> >> OK, Fellow CSers, Today is the day we are supposed to receive PUSH
> >> notifications regarding Apple iOS 7.
> >>
> >> Has anyone on a iPhone 4s seen their notification yet?
> >> Has anyone Completed the upgrade?
> >> Does anyone know if there are any sites or FAQs about doing / not doing
> >> this?
> >>
> >> Ian  C. Bray
> >> Louisville, KY.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >Ty
> >http://tds-solutions.net
> >He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.
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