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From: Jamous, JP
Date: Aug 4, 2016 11:03AM

Thank you for this extra knowledge. I did not know it impacted low vision folks like that.

Well, it is a snowball effect. Microsoft patented it and declared that it is the best thing after sliced bread.

A buddy of mine that is a heavy Microsoft programmer contacted them and informed them how terrible it is for him and his customers. The answer was, "It is better for you than drop down menus. We do not create something that is not best for our customers."

Microsoft and Adobe could care less about accessibility from my experience. They only deal with accessibility to avoid legal issues. Aside from that they could care less.

Apple on the other hand, have done an amazing job with VoiceOver. I can set up any Apple device alone without sighted help. Even on the tinniest iPod, VoiceOver is available. This makes me wonder, "If they can put a screen reader on a tiny device running an ARM processor, don't you think Microsoft could do way better with Narrator?"

They are following Apple's business model now by providing Windows which runs on multiple devices. In fact, they changed the inner structure of Windows to match that of Mac. The only thing they did not touch was accessibility.