[Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers

Sat Apr 10 17:40:17 UTC 2010

I think that yahoo, like so many servers, wants the user to have all 
offerings of the server on one page to ensure a complete monopoly of 
services.  They want to have a monopoly on instant messaging, email, voice 
mail, tool bars, and search engines.  I think possibly the worst offender 
was AOL when I had it.  I had to buy a new computer to get every trace of 
AOL off my computer.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] JAWS and Yahoo! Answers


>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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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