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Amazon’s Sky Rocket To Improved Accessibility

April 4, 2017 by Chris Hofstader 3 Comments

a Introduction I’ve known Peter Korn, accessibility architect at Amazon, for nearly as long as I’ve been in the access technology world. He and I have worked on some of the same committees, forums and other working groups over the years and I’ve long been impressed with his intellect and ideas but, more so, with… Read more about Amazon’s Sky Rocket To Improved Accessibility

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Amazon, Android, Apple, Fire, Google, iOS, Peter Korn

Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 2: Where’s the Competition?

October 15, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 2 Comments

Reintroduction Most of this article appeared first on this blog yesterday (10/14/14) under the title, “Apple: The Company I Hate To Love.” A number of our most loyal readers asked that I split that story up and start, as I did for Android, a series on the problems I perceive surrounding Apple and accessibility these… Read more about Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 2: Where’s the Competition?

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, Competition, Google, iOS/8

Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 1: My Long History Fighting Apple

October 14, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 4 Comments

Reintroduction Yesterday (10/14/14), I posted an article called “Apple: The Company I Hate To Love,” in which I described my personal history fighting Apple on things regarding intellectual property law and software freedoms as well as discussing their recent iOS/8 release (a major disappointment to me). A few of my most loyal readers suggested that… Read more about Apple: The Company I Hate To Love, Part 1: My Long History Fighting Apple

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, Google, iOS, Microsoft, Yosemite

Do We Get What We Pay For?

August 28, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 18 Comments

Introduction Historically, both on this blog and on BlindConfidential, I have very rarely engaged with commenters. I write articles, I post them, people read them or not and some choose to comment. While I was reading Marco Zehe’s excellent Android review series , I observed him engage with his commenters both in the comments on… Read more about Do We Get What We Pay For?

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Google, iOS, Microsoft, Segregation

The Amish User Experience

August 27, 2014 by Chris Hofstader 17 Comments

Introduction Last month, I attended the HopeX, Hackers on Planet Earth conference in New York City. It was a terrific event and I encourage all of my readers to come to the next Hope conference when it happens in 2016. At HopeX, I enjoyed a lot of different talks and I had a lot of… Read more about The Amish User Experience

Filed Under: Technology Review Tagged With: a11y, Accessibility, Android, Apple, GNU/Linux, Google, Marco Zehe, Microsoft

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