{"id":2318,"date":"2014-03-11T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2014-03-11T13:34:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T17:34:49","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-ios-7-1-31114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2318","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of iOS 7.1, 3\/11\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pros and Cons of iOS 7.1<\/span><\/h1>\n

Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday, Apple released iOS 7.1 for all modern iOS devices.\u00a0 There are many great accessibility and performance enhancements, as well as at least one known potential show-stopper.<\/p>\n

First of all there are many new changes to the user interface for low vision users.\u00a0 There are several new options under the Accessibility section of the Settings app. Also, there are additional wall papers which may improve usability.\u00a0 After the release of iOS 7, we posted an article about the problems encountered by many low vision users with the new operating system.\u00a0 Apple has made some attempt to address these problems.\u00a0 The verdict has yet to come in on whether or not they hit their mark.<\/p>\n

Many irritating VoiceOver bugs have gone away.\u00a0Volume issues and playing nicely with Siri are notable.\u00a0 Also, the recurring \u201cScreen Locked\u201d message has gone away.\u00a0 For a full report of accessibility related changes to iOS 7.1, you can check out: http:\/\/www.applevis.com\/blog\/apple\/whats-new-and-changed-blind-and-low-vision-users-ios-71<\/a><\/p>\n

Overall, iOS 7.1 seems much more responsive and stable.\u00a0 Apparently this is quite noticeable on the aging iPhone 4.\u00a0 Ordinarily, I would say everyone should go out and get the update.<\/p>\n

However, there is one big problem.\u00a0 Bluetooth keyboard support is very buggy.\u00a0 The exact nature of these problems is unclear, as the behavior is not the same from app to app.\u00a0 As a regular user of a wireless keyboard, I find this glitch particularly annoying.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope the patch, which usually drops a couple of weeks after a milestone release, will address this.<\/p>\n

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