[OT] Re: Kudos Apple for the New and Improved Universal Access
[OT] Re: Kudos Apple for the New and Improved Universal Access
- Subject: [OT] Re: Kudos Apple for the New and Improved Universal Access
- From: Allan Odgaard <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 03:13:18 +0100
On 19. Mar 2004, at 2:32, Eric Forget wrote:
Although I have no disability at all, I need a big real estate space
for
working: 1600x1200 on a 19 inches CRT monitor. For most of my work, my
eyes
are perfect for that resolution. [...]
Let me also say that I think it is really great that Apple puts this
much effort into special accessibility options -- and studies have also
shown that even people w/o disabilities find them very useful.
Unfortunately I do depend on the zoom feature, since my vision is
probably 10% of that of a normal person and I cannot get corrective
lenses.
I have very much enjoyed the zoom feature in Jaguar, but Panther
seriously broke it IMHO -- there are basically 4 problems: 1) areas
which are hardware scrolled do occasionally cause the graphics to be
distorted (when scrolling), 2) there are many "off by one" errors, i.e.
when scrolling to a new place, and graphics is then updated in only a
subset of this new zoomed rectangle, it will be placed a few pixels off
of where it should have been, 3) when the zoom rectangle automatically
moves, all mouse and keyboard input seems to be "suspended", causing
key presses to be lost, and if items are dragged with the mouse, these
are dropped, but worst of all 4) the feature about having the zoom
rectangle move automatically to follow the focused element -- even if
it was not for all the bugs in this heuristic then it is still very
disruptive for my work, and is a constant source of confusion -- it is
literally as if someone pushed away the screen every fifth minute
(including making you loose the characters typed/items being dragged).
I am really sorry to bother this list about it -- but I have made 3
different bug reports on the issue and written every address at apple
which would seem related to handling the disability access, including
using their feedback form, but w/o any response whatsoever (my initial
bug-report on the issue is still open/analyze)...
The zoom was really perfect in Jaguar! and I would give almost anything
to get it back :)
I really hope that someone with influence at Apple will hear my prayers
and take it to the next level! :) often I am forced to work in normal
mode, because of the problems with zoom, and that is really not good
for my back, since I have to sit so close to the screen...
Thanks for your time! and please don't flame me for this off-topic
letter, understand that I am seriously desperate to get back what was
once one of the greatest advantages for me (as a disabled person) of
using a Mac...
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