[nabs-l] frustrated with facebook!

Sun Jan 10 20:41:06 UTC 2010

Hi all,

I just installed Internet Explorer 8, just to see if it would change 
anything ... The mobile site works now!  For all of you who, like I did, 
have a dinosaur version of IE lol, go ahead and install version 8

Serena.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] frustrated with facebook!

> You probably have an older browser.  They made a change in October or 
> November that seems to cause that to
> happen with Internet Explorer 6.  Do you happen to have Internet explorer 
> version 6?  I have the same problem.
>
>
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:48:26 -0500, Serena wrote:
>
>>When I try going to m.facebook.com, Jaws says something about not being 
>>able
>>to download a file.
>
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Kerri Kosten" <kerrik2006 at gmail.com>
>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>><nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:10 AM
>>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] frustrated with facebook!
>
>
>>> Hey:
>>>
>>> Hmm, that's odd. I go to it all the time and it comes up as a
>>> site....I mean it's not the same as the regular one....it's a mobile
>>> version of the site....but it works and I can do things on it...and
>>> it's a lot cleaner than the regular site i find.
>>>
>>> What happens when you try it?
>>> Does any type of page come up?
>>>
>>> Kerri
>>>
>>> On 1/9/10, Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> m.facebook.com doesn't really exist anymore for people who only use
>>>> computers, not cell phones.  I already tried that.  Thanks anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Serena
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Cindy Bennett" <clb5590 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 4:51 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] frustrated with facebook!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe instead of going to the regular site and clicking on mobile, go
>>>>> to m.facebook.com I think there might be a couple of links about
>>>>> activating your phone and such, but other than that, it is clean.
>>>>> Clicking on mobile might outline the features of facebook mobile
>>>>> rather than take you to the mobile site, but i have never clicked on
>>>>> it, so taht is just a thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> I understand though, facebook is quite annoying, but with as many
>>>>> users as it has, it can be.
>>>>>
>>>>> A lot of the applications are accessible though, and sometimes
>>>>> facebook is finicky not because of your screen reader, because i know
>>>>> several sighted friends who have problems. I feel like it is almost
>>>>> unavoidable with how many users there are and with how much is going
>>>>> on on the site.
>>>>>
>>>>> The mobile site is definitely useful for wall posts and sending
>>>>> messages and such, but isn't for other things such as the fact that it
>>>>> does not verbalize captions people might right on their pictures, and
>>>>> it doesn't give all of the information about groups and events, so
>>>>> depending on what i want to do, i switch between the regular and
>>>>> mobile site.
>>>>>
>>>>> One problem i just started encountering with JAWS 11 though is that
>>>>> when i enter an edit box, i am unable to get out of it. It has gotten
>>>>> to the point where i have to close the window and open another.
>>>>>
>>>>> Firefox helps ith some facebook problems but also presents others. For
>>>>> example, i cannot edit the heading about myself, the "write something
>>>>> about yourself" link unless i use firefox, but as of a couple of
>>>>> months ago, firefox wouldn't allow me to go offline. So i haven't
>>>>> found a browser that works optimally with JAWS and facebook. I will
>>>>> definitely be excited when voiceover improves.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/9/10, Serena <serenacucco at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi nabsters,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that facebook has become more inaccessible to t the blind 
>>>>>> or,
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> least, more cumbersome to use.  It seems that all the features on the
>>>>>> facebook mobile site that made it really great, such as few if any
>>>>>> graphics
>>>>>> or advertizements and not that many links on each page, and made them
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> useable by those who have facebook on their cell phones.  When I go 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> link on the regular site that says "mobile," it merely takes me to 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> regular site plus a section that talks about all the wonderful things
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> can do with facebook on their cell phones.  There are simply too many
>>>>>> links
>>>>>> and features on every page!  Ok, it's great to know about fancy
>>>>>> functions
>>>>>> like importing contacts and facebook chat, but do we really have to 
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> those sections on every page when all I'm really on there to do is
>>>>>> write
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> message to someone?  For those of us who might be in the dark ages 
>>>>>> lol
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> don't have a internet on our cell phones, are there any settings we
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> change to make reading the site any easier?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very frustrated,
>>>>>> Serena
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>>>> nabs-l:
>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/clb5590%40gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>>> nabs-l:
>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/serenacucco%40verizon.net
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> nabs-l:
>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kerrik2006%40gmail.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> nabs-l:
>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/serenacucco%40verizon.net
>
>
>>_______________________________________________
>>nabs-l mailing list
>>nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>nabs-l:
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nabs-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/serenacucco%40verizon.net 