[Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers

[Jewel S.]

I dropped Yahoo! Mail a year ago. I have some trouble with GMail, due
to some features they  have, but I'm sure there's a way to fix it, and
at least I can read and reply to mail with ease! Yahoo has made their
stuff just soooo inaccessible, it's ridiculous.

Does anyone know if the inaccessibility of yahoo is reason for a
lawsuit, under what laws would they be charged, and what would such
laws require of them? If it's not a matter for the law, what *can* be
done about accessibility of their services?

~Jewel

On 4/8/10, Gary Wunder <gwunder at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Keep in mind that Jaws 8 is 3 releases behind the current version and that
> means lots of changes on the web and in updated versions of web browsers are
> being missed. Keeping up to date is an expensive and irritating problem. We
> all want to think that when we've purchased something it is ours, but
> software is probably best thought of as something you rent or perhaps it is
> a house which is yours but which requires frequent maintenance.
>
> Gary
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael" <bonsai1b at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers
>
>
>> Ive had so much trouble with yahoo mail over the past year, Ive dropped
>> it. And good luck finding a phone number where there is a person you can
>> talk to.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the tips! Do you know maybe what's been causing this? Is
>>> this a problem that Yahoo has created? I wonder what yahoo would say
>>> about the problem...
>>>
>>> ~Jewel
>>>
>>> On 4/7/10, Annely Rose <annely53r at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Jewel,
>>>>
>>>> I'm glad I'm not alone with this problem.  Well, one of my clients has
>>>> the
>>>> same problem, too.  We both have JAWS 8 and use Firefox for internet and
>>>>
>>>> we
>>>> have encountered the same problem.  The solution I've found is to use
>>>> the
>>>> tab key a couple of times and then shift back twice and JAWS should be
>>>> back
>>>> and reading correctly.  I've had a lot of trouble with JAWS and Yahoo
>>>> this
>>>> past year.  I've had to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox and
>>>> have to
>>>> keep disabling automatic updates in order to use Yahoo somewhat easily.
>>>> Hope you have better luck.  God bless.
>>>>
>>>> Annely Rose, CVRT
>>>> Independence for the Blind of West Florida --- On Wed, 3/31/10, Jewel S.
>>>> <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Jewel S. <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers
>>>>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:20 PM
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't like Yahoo much, but I really like Yahoo! Answers
>>>>> at
>>>>> <answers.yahoo.com>. Howerver, lately, every time I
>>>>> go on Yahoo!
>>>>> Answers, my screenreader messes up after about 5 minutes.
>>>>> It doesn't
>>>>> freeze...it just refuses to recognize edit fields, heders,
>>>>> buttons, or
>>>>> any of the other elements. Arrowing down doesn't work
>>>>> either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone else had this problem with Yahoo! Answers, and
>>>>> if so, what
>>>>> screenreader are you using? Anyone have any idea why this
>>>>> is
>>>>> happening, and if there is anything that can be done to fix
>>>>> it? Is it
>>>>> a problem that Yahoo! can fix?
>>>>>
>>>>> I use Windows XP, the latest Internet Explorer (whatever
>>>>> number that
>>>>> is), and JAWS 11.0
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Jewel
>>>>>
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