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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Fri, Aug 28 2015 9:56AM
Subject: iOS 8.4 checkbox bug - what to do?
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Judith
Did you discover anything more about this?
We may be seeing something similar.
Thanks
-Birkir
On 8/4/15, Paul J. Adam < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Can you reproduce the bug in a demo .html page? Checkboxes working fine for
> me on iOS 8.4 at this example page,
> http://pauljadam.com/demos/mobileforma11y.html.
>
> Apple would ask you to file a bug report likely. I've been filing them for
> VoiceOver OS X 10.11 and iOS 9 lately.
>
> Paul J. Adam
> Accessibility Evangelist
> www.deque.com
>
> Join us at our Mobile Accessibility "Bootcamp!"
> August 6-7 in Austin Texas
> https://dequeuniversity.com/events/2015/mobile
> Topics include responsive web design, native apps, & more
>
>> On Aug 4, 2015, at 3:26 PM, < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>> < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>>
>> Seeking advice regarding an iOS dilemma.
>>
>> Our testers reported a defect where VoiceOver users cannot check or
>> uncheck a checkbox in a task flow on mobile browser. Our developers say
>> the latest version of iOS (the recently released 8.4) is having issues
>> with the checkbox. Even the default check box is not working when
>> VoiceOver is on. This is only happening on iOS version 8.4.
>>
>> I read one comment online that this is iPhone 6 only. Not seeing much out
>> there about this. Can anyone confirm this is true?
>>
>> Has anyone encountered this and if so, what did you to do resolve? I don't
>> know what else one can replace a checkbox with for a comparison task flow,
>> but would love to hear suggestions. Seems like anything else would be a
>> hack and semantically incorrect.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Judith Blankman
>>
>> Accessibility Strategist
>> Customer Experience (CX)
>> WFVC Digital | 1 Front Street | San Francisco, CA 94111
>> Tel: 415-947-6583 | Cell: 415-601-1114
>>
>> MAC: A0195-171
>>
>>
>>
>> j<mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = <mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>> >> >> >> >
> > > > >
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From: Judith.A.Blankman
Date: Fri, Aug 28 2015 10:59AM
Subject: Re: iOS 8.4 checkbox bug - what to do?
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Hi, Bikir,
Our development team tested it with the developer¹s version of iOS 9. The
issue doesn¹t persist. So, it¹s clearly an iOS 8.4 bug.
I¹m still not clear whether it was an isolated instance on the iPhone 6 or
not. I¹d be interested in hearing from you or others about that.
On 8/28/15, 8:56 AM, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Birkir R. Gunnarsson"
< = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = on behalf of
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>Judith
>
>Did you discover anything more about this?
>We may be seeing something similar.
>Thanks
>-Birkir
>
>
>On 8/4/15, Paul J. Adam < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>> Can you reproduce the bug in a demo .html page? Checkboxes working fine
>>for
>> me on iOS 8.4 at this example page,
>> http://pauljadam.com/demos/mobileforma11y.html.
>>
>> Apple would ask you to file a bug report likely. I've been filing them
>>for
>> VoiceOver OS X 10.11 and iOS 9 lately.
>>
>> Paul J. Adam
>> Accessibility Evangelist
>> www.deque.com
>>
>> Join us at our Mobile Accessibility "Bootcamp!"
>> August 6-7 in Austin Texas
>> https://dequeuniversity.com/events/2015/mobile
>> Topics include responsive web design, native apps, & more
>>
>>> On Aug 4, 2015, at 3:26 PM, < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>> < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>>>
>>> Seeking advice regarding an iOS dilemma.
>>>
>>> Our testers reported a defect where VoiceOver users cannot check or
>>> uncheck a checkbox in a task flow on mobile browser. Our developers say
>>> the latest version of iOS (the recently released 8.4) is having issues
>>> with the checkbox. Even the default check box is not working when
>>> VoiceOver is on. This is only happening on iOS version 8.4.
>>>
>>> I read one comment online that this is iPhone 6 only. Not seeing much
>>>out
>>> there about this. Can anyone confirm this is true?
>>>
>>> Has anyone encountered this and if so, what did you to do resolve? I
>>>don¹t
>>> know what else one can replace a checkbox with for a comparison task
>>>flow,
>>> but would love to hear suggestions. Seems like anything else would be a
>>> hack and semantically incorrect.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> Judith Blankman
>>>
>>> Accessibility Strategist
>>> Customer Experience (CX)
>>> WFVC Digital | 1 Front Street | San Francisco, CA 94111
>>> Tel: 415-947-6583 | Cell: 415-601-1114
>>>
>>> MAC: A0195-171
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>j<mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>>>m<mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
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