[Blindtlk] Tumblr

[Sean Paul]

Not sure what the purpose of this response was or is... Jason never did say 
he was going to rail against them, start a war of words with them, etc... He 
asked a question of accessibility &, that's about it...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carly Mihalakis" <carlymih at comcast.net>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>; "Blind Talk Mailing 
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Tumblr


> Good Monday evening, Jason,
>
>         Being that for most of us, the life battles we face are often as 
> plentiful as they are intense, I don't fight back if something happens not 
> to be accessable for us and calmly send an e-mail the regular way and leve 
> it at that. Besides, those social networks, I think, are known to sensor 
> your correspondence! So then, what are they good for? To keep up with the 
> Jones'? At 12:34 PM 4/14/2014, Sean Paul wrote:
>>Jason:
>>I actually have had expeirence using tumblr. As stated, there are a number 
>>of accessibility issues with it. For starters... You will have to have 
>>help from them creating a user name & an account. They do, however, it 
>>does take awhile to get a response. 2nd, many of the buttons are not 
>>labeled at all nor do some of them even work when they are pressed upon. 
>>There are many others including in settings. With the theme designing, &, 
>>many others.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nusbaum" 
>><dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>>To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 22:00
>>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Tumblr
>>
>>
>>>Jason,
>>>
>>>I have not personally had any experience with Tumblr. However, I have 
>>>heard
>>>that there are numerous accessibility problems with the site. I would try
>>>WordPress or BlogSpot if you are looking for a server on which to host 
>>>your
>>>blog.
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jason
>>>Terryn
>>>Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 9:32 PM
>>>To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>>Subject: [Blindtlk] Tumblr
>>>
>>>Hello list,
>>>
>>>I'm wondering if anyone else here uses Tumblr. I have a lot of friends 
>>>who
>>>are on there, and recently I created a Tumblr blog for myself. But it 
>>>seems
>>>like it's ALL images with no alt text or descriptions and it's just
>>>generally very frustrating to navigate. Does anyone on here who uses it 
>>>have
>>>any tips? Is it worth it or is tumblr just not for the visually impaired?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Jason
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