Friday, March 6, 2015

Redheads users accused Apple of discrimination and asked them to create a "smiley"

Apple developed for users of iPhone, iPad and Mac versions of the new "Emoji": operating systems iOS 8.3 and OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 in a set of icons that reflect the emotions were "emoticons" with different color of skin and hair. Despite a significant increase in the set, it was found out that some people are still deprived of "personal" icon. The absence of a set of red-haired smiley noticed founder thematic publications Ginger Parrot Emma Kelly.
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On-site civil campaigns Change.org Kelly opened the collection of signatures for adding red-haired characters in sets of emoticons on iPhone and iPad. According to her, Apple entered unfairly depriving redheads users iOS: among the 300 new "Emoji" There are no red-haired.Emma Kelly demanded justice.
Less than a week left on a petition of over 3,300 signatures. As soon as its initiative to gather 10,000 signatures, it plans to send to Apple and organization Unicode Consortium.
"Despite the racial and sexual diversity Emoji in iOS 8.3, there is a large group of people, which is absent in the family of 300 new emoticons. Redheads. For all their glorious warmth they were deprived. Again. If you're talking about the true diversity, why not add a few redheads in sets Emoji? Natural red less than 2% of the total population of the planet, but it's 138 million iPhone while waiting in the wings" - said the representative of the initiative group.
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Currently iOS 8.3 and OS X Yosemite 10.10.3 are in the testing phase and are available only to developers. It is expected that users will be able to install the update in mid-March. In addition to the politically correct set of icons emoticons in new OS there are icons of national flags, Apple Watch, same-sex couples with children, and the image was changed to iPhone iPhone 6.
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