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Re: Select drop-downs in Voiceover on iPhone

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From: Detlev Fischer
Date: Apr 23, 2013 2:17PM

We had the very same issue in an accessibility test of the mobile site of a German phone operator recently. The blind tester could not get anywhere using the native select (the iOS 'fruit machne' widget) but told us that it did work in other cases on his iPhone. Not sure what made the difference implementation wise. I'd like to check the advice of Patrik on that site.
Incidently, there was just a link shared out there on twitter by @AlexOnUX on why selects aren't a good choice for navigation on mobile which I'd like to pass on: http://buff.ly/ZiDzH4

Best, Detlev


On 23 Apr 2013, at 17:00, Alastair Campbell wrote:

> Pratik Patel wrote:
>
>> Swiping up and down will allows the user to choose the items.
>> Pressing the done button allows one to confirm. It's awkward but doable.
>
>
> Ah, thanks. That is rather inconsistent, I wonder why left/right doesn't
> work? Having used VoiceOver for a while it didn't even occur to me that
> up/down would work for that (although in hindsight it's an obvious thing to
> try!)
>
> I've just sat through three usability tests with two beginner and one very
> advanced user, and select-drop downs stopped all of them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Alastair
> > > --
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