Hi all, I’m trying many ways to Access telegram efficiently on Mac, but I’m not able to achieve. Tried tweescake along with the telegram web, nothing is usable. Can someone suggest me a better alternative way for this?
I'm wondering this myself, as I just got a 2020 Intel Mac Book Air from a friend, and would love to know if there are any accessible telegram apps for this platform.
I tried that, but even with quicknav and the like off I couldn't really navigate the app. Seems kind of silly to do that if I can't navigate an app I'm supposed to be able to use. I even tried getting out of the config session and stuff...nothing. Maybe I was just doing things wrong though. That's always a possibility.
I kind of figured tweesecake on the mac side out a little, but it still feels clunky and not at all natural to use. Anything that feels clunky to use will not work for me. I like pleasant experiences.
Once you get the keyboard commands down, Tweesecake is a good enough stop gap. Not sure why the Mac app and now the iOS app are completely useless. Perhaps someone can code up something in SwiftUI that is both pleasant to use and accessible.
I've submitted a complaint to Telegram directly and given them a 1 star review in the Mac App Store. Perhaps if enough of us complain through the Telegram support channel and give 1 star reviews in the App Stores, something can get done on accessibility.
That's certainly one way to go about this, but I honestly doubt they care all that much. We've been asking them to make things more accessible for years, and they haven't done what they need to do. I doubt 1-star reviews are going to change their tune. Far as I can see, this isn't a case of them doing anything illegal (unless there's something out there that says that apps *have* to be made accessible.) If they don't care, sucks to be them. They lose customers until they start caring.
Well folks, it's time to actually find the emails for the developers of the telegram app and start pounding their email boxes. if they get enough emails, such that everything else becomes lost in the noise level, they might just start paying attention.
A couple of items that pavel and his partner need to realize:
1. they are wanting to increase their revenue stream, so leaving us out won't do that.
2. we are a non-trivial percentage of the online internet population, that means spending and political power
3. by making telegram fully accessible, they will gain a lot more in paying customers for their premium platform, and the small amount they want per month would probably make it worthwhile.
the best thing I have found that works is to appeal to their wallet. Sure, negative publicity can work too, but it generally causes a lot of unnecessary friction and hard feelings. reminding them that more money for them is in the offing and they may decide to pay attention.
it is just too bad that we don't know anyone high up in the financial or political power bases in Dubai (although, someone just might, you never know), but if we can find some folks local to them that can stop in at their offices, it might just make a more favorable impression. You never know.
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wondering this myself
I'm wondering this myself, as I just got a 2020 Intel Mac Book Air from a friend, and would love to know if there are any accessible telegram apps for this platform.
Tweesecake
Use Tweesecake from tweesecake.app. It will run telegram sessions.
I tried that...
I tried that, but even with quicknav and the like off I couldn't really navigate the app. Seems kind of silly to do that if I can't navigate an app I'm supposed to be able to use. I even tried getting out of the config session and stuff...nothing. Maybe I was just doing things wrong though. That's always a possibility.
RE tweesecake...
I kind of figured tweesecake on the mac side out a little, but it still feels clunky and not at all natural to use. Anything that feels clunky to use will not work for me. I like pleasant experiences.
Re: Tweesecake
Once you get the keyboard commands down, Tweesecake is a good enough stop gap. Not sure why the Mac app and now the iOS app are completely useless. Perhaps someone can code up something in SwiftUI that is both pleasant to use and accessible.
My Mission
I've submitted a complaint to Telegram directly and given them a 1 star review in the Mac App Store. Perhaps if enough of us complain through the Telegram support channel and give 1 star reviews in the App Stores, something can get done on accessibility.
That's one way to go about it but...
That's certainly one way to go about this, but I honestly doubt they care all that much. We've been asking them to make things more accessible for years, and they haven't done what they need to do. I doubt 1-star reviews are going to change their tune. Far as I can see, this isn't a case of them doing anything illegal (unless there's something out there that says that apps *have* to be made accessible.) If they don't care, sucks to be them. They lose customers until they start caring.
time to find their emails
Well folks, it's time to actually find the emails for the developers of the telegram app and start pounding their email boxes. if they get enough emails, such that everything else becomes lost in the noise level, they might just start paying attention.
A couple of items that pavel and his partner need to realize:
1. they are wanting to increase their revenue stream, so leaving us out won't do that.
2. we are a non-trivial percentage of the online internet population, that means spending and political power
3. by making telegram fully accessible, they will gain a lot more in paying customers for their premium platform, and the small amount they want per month would probably make it worthwhile.
the best thing I have found that works is to appeal to their wallet. Sure, negative publicity can work too, but it generally causes a lot of unnecessary friction and hard feelings. reminding them that more money for them is in the offing and they may decide to pay attention.
it is just too bad that we don't know anyone high up in the financial or political power bases in Dubai (although, someone just might, you never know), but if we can find some folks local to them that can stop in at their offices, it might just make a more favorable impression. You never know.
totally agree
Telegram now becomes a very handy tool, so, we should try to find a solution to make this app accessible.