2014-09-11 20:53:22

Hi all.
Never, I repeat, never, update to version 1.4 of BT sync. It's totally inaccessible with screenreaders...
If anyone have an older version which is accessible, I would love to have it. I'm pretty much in hurry on getting it, so I hope I can get it at leased sometimes this weekend. I can't find any trusted websites to download the older versions from. So I really hope some of you have the setup file for it.
I hope they'll fix this huge issue in the next version, really quickly...

Best regards SLJ.
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2014-09-12 01:02:21 (edited by gellman 2014-09-12 01:35:07)

http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.3.109/

Hint: Always save older versions of accessible software and disable autoupdate, because you'll never know if the next version becomes inaccessible.

change is not always better, and for visually impaired users, change is often for the worse.

My friends often laugh at me, but I have made it a habit of keeping a large repository of older but accessible software.

Bittorrent the company doesn't care about blind users.

Blind users make zero difference on their bottom line.

Hell, Bittorrent is well known for being nonresponsive in their forum.

I don't care if it's ten years old and only runs on virtualized hardware but if an older version from 2003, 2005 or 2008 will save my work it's better than the newest inaccessible gadget.

I think that the state of software accessibility is only getting worse and the internet of things --  devices with embedded connectivity -- will effectively mean the end of the illusion of inclusion of blind persons.

Society doesn't care about blind persons, and to the extend that sighted persons express token sympathy, it only last until they are hit at their comfort zone.

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2014-09-15 08:54:14

Thank you very much. You are damn awesome! big_smile

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2014-09-30 13:20:41

And the Mac version? They'd better not have fucked that up …

@Gellman: come on, that's not the way to move us forward. You've got to be as positive as circumstances allow. I agree, auto-update is more of a problem than it should be, but living under abject self-suppression isn't the answer.

Just myself, as usual.

2014-10-01 08:38:34

The latest Mac version works great.

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2014-10-01 08:54:56

Awesome. Thanks SLJ. So sorry to hear about the Windows version though; less useful when there is no platform interop.

Just myself, as usual.

2014-10-15 20:28:15

Good lord, BTSync 1.4 for Mac has been given the dribbling luser treatment and is now simultaneously less advanced and more inaccessible.

It wouldn't last forever, of course. Oh, well. Next stop?

Just myself, as usual.

2014-10-15 22:02:25

The iOS version is now compatible with iOS 8 and later and it should work fine. As for the Windows version I still have 1.3, probably because I'm using Win XP still. As for the Android version, I can't comment on that.

2014-10-16 03:14:40

So I got a notification that they are up to 1.4.91 now, any word on if that has fixed the accessibility problems?  I know they know about it and thought that they were going to fix them.
If anyone needs it I have 1.3.109.

2014-10-16 11:51:00

Hi.
This is not accessible.
don't update at all.

I downgraded, now i have to set up folders, ect, again.

I'm gone for real :)

2014-10-17 16:41:26

Hi, can you please send the newest 1.3 version? I have accidentaly updated and would like to downgrade.

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2014-10-17 16:47:27

Hi burak.
The older version is in the second post.

I'm gone for real :)

2014-10-17 23:11:51

Hi Brad, thank you for your answer. I have downloaded the program. But when I launched it, it said that bt snyc has crashed. I have sent a report to developers twice, and the same thing happened again. Then I reinstalled 1.4.

I post sounds I record to freesound. Click here to visit my freesound page
I usually post game recordings to anyaudio. Click here to visit my anyaudio page

2014-10-18 05:20:06

You need to install it completely from scratch.

The first thing you'll need to do is go to %appdata% and delete the BitTorrent Sync folder cause you can't use your settings from the latest version.

What I do is save that folder somewhere else so I don't have to set everything up from scratch, but it doesn't always work.