But really, guys, how do you know where to tap if there are no buttons
to cue you? I just absolutely don't get it!
Jan again
On 6/23/15, Christina Stolze <christinastolze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jan,
It isn't as bad as it sounds. I'm not that good at by no stretch of the
imagination especially because I am such a tense person when it comes to
technology like the I phone and the computer because I am so afraid of
breaking them and or doing something wrong to them to mess them up not to
mention I don't tap tap I more like mash mash. LOL. Have a great day.
Christina
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[mailto:blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Lattuca
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Apple designing touchscreen chips for ‘ultra-thin’ iPhone with no Home
button
Well, of course, since I'm still back in about the 20th century, I
can't begin to imagine myself every being able to use a touch screen.
I keep hearing people talking about taps, quick-taps, etc.; but I
still can't figure out how one know where to tap with no buttons to
guide one.
Perplexed Jan
On 6/22/15, Merv Keck <blind5sparrow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I have no problem with no physical buttons. I was surprised to find that
many blind people are successfully using force touch on Macs. I
wrongfully
assumed that anything related to a touch pad or touch screen would not be
easily accessible but I hear that people use that force touch quite well.
And here I thought you had to be a Jedi to do that without sight, grin!
As
long as I don't have to use a little teeny tiny phone I will be happy. I
don't want them coming out with like some miniscule iPhone and forsaking
the
larger plus before I get to play with one.
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[mailto:blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David
Goldfield
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 12:42 PM
To: blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Apple designing touchscreen chips for
‘ultra-thin’ iPhone with no Home button
OK, if this is true I wouldn't get too freaked out about this. If Apple
does
eventually eliminate a physical home button, a move that I think is
likely
to happen at some point, they could always develop a special touch
gesture
which would allow us to go back to the home screen. From Cultofmac ...
Apple designing touchscreen chips for ‘ultra-thin’ iPhone with no Home
button Luke Dormehl (5:45 am PDT, Jun 22nd)
Apple is bringing more chip design in-house.
Apple is reportedly developing a single-chip solution for handling both
the
touchscreen and display drivers for future iPhones, according to a new
report coming out of Taiwan.
Interestingly the report suggests that the integrated design is designed
to
fit into an ultra-thin and ultra-narrow display — while also allowing
Apple
to completely eliminate the need for a physical iPhone “home” button by
integrating fingerprint sensors into the main display.
If correct, the report is interesting for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, the elimination of a “home” button in favor of a virtual one
would
let Apple to free up more space for a display, without having to increase
the physical size of the iPhone form factor to do so.
It also suggests that Apple is bringing more of its chip design in-house.
From advertising to designing the CPUs for its products, Apple has
brought
more and more previously third-party business areas under its roof in
recent
times, since this enhances the amount of control (and
secrecy) Apple is able to have.
As today’s report notes, however, the expansion of Apple’s in-house
design
business could have a “significant impact on the global semiconductor
industry landscape.”
This would be felt particularly hard at a time when the worldwide
semiconductor industry is already experiencing numerous shake-ups in the
form of various mergers and acquisitions have been announced — such as
Avago’s planned acquisition of major Apple supplier, Broadcom.
Source
Digitimes
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