bug with navigating tables in iTunes

By Tyler, 21 March, 2013

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

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Ever since I updated to iTunes 11 in November, I noticed a bug when browsing the top 200 songs in a table with voiceover. After selecting the, "Top singles" link on the iTunes store homepage, a table with the top 200 songs would load. When I try to navigate it with voiceover, it first says, "Table 6 columns, seventy [or so] rows." When I passed that number on the table with the up and down arrow keys, it would jump randomly, for example, 84, move down one to 91. I tried calling applecare about this when iTunes 11 was initially released, but the representative didn't seem to no what I was talking about by "top singles" link. In voiceover, it is spoken as "heading level 3 link, top singles." When you select or click it, it will load the table and that's where I run into the bug. I thought I'd wait for some updates, but with the release of two updates already with no fix in site, I thought I would ask on this form.

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By Tyler on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 13:16

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team
Today, when I opened iTunes and went to the top songs, I noticed that Apple made some minor server side cosmetic changes, at least from an accessibility standpoint. The table summary now speaks the correct number of rows and I am able to navigate through it completely. I didn't update the software, so that's why I think the changes are server side.