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Hello, all,

Dear AppleVis Community,

With the release of the software version 27 betas likely coming later today, we are asking that everyone please help us keep beta discussions on the site organized as much as possible.

Right now, discussion of betas--especially betas of major releases like software version 27--is fragmented. We often have several different threads going about the same beta and platform at any given time, for example iOS.

Dear AppleVis Community,

We are asking that everyone please take a moment to ensure that your AppleVis account information on file with us is current.

From time to time, our team may need to contact you regarding your usage of our services--for example, if we update our terms of Service or need to work with you regarding your user-submitted content. Additionally, we offer the ability for users to subscribe to emails about specific posts (like forum topics or App Directory entries), with significant enhancements to this functionality in the works.

Hi AppleVis Community,

When browsing on the AppleVis Website, is there a way to switch to regular clock hours like 8:46 on the AppleVis website? So that VoiceOver does not read: "On Wednesday, October 22, 19:48. I prefer to see it like this: 7:48.
Is there a way to change this?

Thank you.

Hello,
So I think a checkbox like this existed a while back, but it got removed. I do not remember why, or perhaps its removal was never publicly documented. However, for developers like me, it helps distinguish between normal posts and developer posts.
I think the issue with the original checkbox is anyone could check it and instantly, they were a developer. Perhaps there could be a verifcation system in place (e.g. Itch.io, GitHub, App Store, developer website, or having at least one of your apps posted on AppleVis).

I tried to post a followup to a previous reply of my own on a thread asking whether it was possible to rename an audio device, and when I attempted to preview my reply, I got the following message from Cloudflare:

Sorry, you have been blocked

You are unable to access applevis.com

Why have I been blocked?

On the homepage, under the recent post list, I'd like AppleVis to inplement a way to preview posts as the post title doesn't always say enough. Without having to open the post, I'd like to see 2 or 3 lines of the post body, so one could always get a general idea of how it starts. Thank you!

i’ve been building this new iPhone mobile web accessible penguin blaster game on lovable, and I just wanna know if I’m able to post my mobile web game on here for people to play and give me feedback regards to my new mobile Web accessible game. My mobile web accessible game is completely accessible. I’m building it with blind people in mind. if someone can let me know if I’m able to post it on here or not, that would be great, thank you in advance.

Hi. It looks like the option to reply to comments within a forum discussion has disappeared again. Or at least, I can't seem to find it. What's going on with that? Did it break again?

Hi,
I hope that this is the right section of the forum to post. The subject pretty much says it. I am wondering if there is a way to reply directly to post that people post on a website. For example, if I’m following a topic, and I want to reply directly to a comment, the only thing I know to do is type in RE: and then the name of the subject to which I’m replying. Is there an easier way? Also, if needed, how do I mention users directly. I’ve seen this happen before in the website, where it will link to users and posts. Hope this makes sense. Please let me know. Thanks

Hello. I am a long time user of applevis, and I love It because of all of the cool podcasts and features on the site. It's like a community of blind apple, mac and Iphone freaks. I love it. Do you by anny chance have a podcast on how to use the website it's self. Just currious. I sometimes have trouble going to my account and mannaging it. Other than that though, This is a grate place to learn. Thanks for creating a website like this.

Would it be possible to add the Subscribe option to podcast threads as per other pages like blog or forum posts? Sometimes they provoke interesting discussions and it would be nice to be able to get notifications of replies.

Thanks!

Hello everyone!

I hope this is okay to post here.

I have a suggestion that I feel would benefit everyone, particularly regular contributors to the forum.

Today I noticed that a thread with strong criticism of the company behind the Envision Glasses disappeared from the front page, and after checking my own comment history, I noticed that my own comments to that thread were gone too, meaning that the thread itself was likely deleted or hidden from public view without any kind of explanation whatsoever.

Hi,
First of, I hope that this is the right place to open the discussion about the following topic:
Has anyone else noticed that the timestaps for forum posts on AppleVis constantly change? Let's say I have posted at 1AM, 1 day later, the timestamp says 2:33PM or something similar.
Is this a known issue?

Hi everyone. The subject line is pretty accurate. I've occasionally seen forum posts by unregistered users. I'm curious how they're able to gain access on here if they don't have an account? Wondering if there's a way to prevent this? Thanks for reading and take care.

Hi all,

We wanted to take a moment to share an upcoming change to how subject lines for comments will work on the site.

In the near future, the Subject Line will be made a required field when posting comments to content on AppleVis. In so doing, it is our hope that discussions will be easier to navigate and follow, especially for popular posts (like software release announcements) where there are many replies and many individual sub-discussions.

In addition, we ask that you please keep the following etiquette tips in mind relating to subject lines:

Suggestion for the AppleViz developers:

Please consider adding a feature to allow us to log in to our accounts via passkey instead of using a username and password. This would allow us to log in more seamlessly on our other devices, such as an Android phone or a Windows laptop.

Currently, because our passkeys and passwords are all stored in iCloud Keychain, we literally have to copy and paste the username and password into other devices every single time using platforms like WhatsApp just to log into our account.

Dear AppleVis Community,

We wanted to take a moment to let everyone know that we are currently experiencing some issues with the site's search functionality.

When utilizing Search, you may find that Search does not return results from approximately the last three or so months.