[nabs-l] confused - regarding - NFB Google Apps complaint

humberto humbertoa5369 at netzero.net
Sat Mar 19 03:55:21 UTC 2011 

Yes, you can enable gmail to remember your "Basic HTML" setting.
1.  first, press enter on your basic HTML view link or if using 
JAWS, go to your links list and press B for basic HTML
2.  Once you are in basic HTML, press enter on a link called "set 
Basic HTML as default view" or if using JAWS go to your link list 
and hit S for "set basic HTML as default view" and this will 
permanently remember your Basic html setting every time you log 
in.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:44:51 -0400
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] confused - regarding - NFB Google Apps 
complaint

>Ic,
>That is not the case with educational institutions who use the 
google email
>platform.
>You can switch to basic html which is what I do to read email; 
otherwise no
>links open and jaws does not read buttons.
>But no gmail does NOT remember I want to keep it as basic html.  
I have to
>change that every time I log into the system!
>Ashley

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ignasi Cambra
>Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 6:41 AM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] confused - regarding - NFB Google Apps 
complaint

>In case it helps, the link you can use to switch to the more 
accessible
>version of google mail is located right before the copyright 
notice at the
>bottom of the gmail site.  Log in, and look for it.  It's called 
"classic
>html" or "basic html" or something like that.  You only have to 
do this once.
>Whenever you log in after that, it will remember that you want 
the basic
>html site and not the regular one.
>On Mar 17, 2011, at 12:01 AM, Elizabeth wrote:


>> Hello All,

>> I am by no means an expert in the field of technology, but I do 
know from
>> my own personal experience that the Google applications used by 
some
>> colleges and universities are not accessible.  I know this to be 
true
>> because my college uses the Google email application for its 
email system,
>> and somehow it is set up differently than a regular Google 
account, and as
>> such is not accessible.  I would imagine that the national 
office is
>> choosing to go after the colleges and not google because the 
colleges have
>> a choice in what they choose to use when it comes to 
disseminating
>> electronic information.  I believe it would be the 
responsibility of the
>> college or university to ensure that the software programs they 
use are
>> accessible to all students.

>> Just my thoughts for whatever they may be worth.

>> Elizabeth


>>> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:31:25 -0600
>>> From: kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] confused - regarding - NFB Google Apps 
complaint

>>> The only reason for doing this that makes sense to me is the NFB 
not
>>> wanting to get in to a long, drawn-out court battle with google.  
I
>>> know the Federation has money to spare...but going up against 
the
>>> likes of google and winning would take a lot of money and, 
probably,
>>> litigation.  So maybe they see this as a way to bring about some
>>> limited improvements and set a precident for the future? Sounds 
like
>>> a stretch, but it's all I can think of.
>>> Best,
>>> Kirt

>>> On 3/16/11, Laura Glowacki <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I agree.  Google has done a lot in the past with seeking 
feedback
>>>> from users on accessibility.  Obviously there are still things
>>>> that need to be worked on, but has anyone actually approached
>>>> google and offer to help with that process?


>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jorge Paez" <jorgeapaez at mac.com
>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:39 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] confused - regarding - NFB Google Apps
>>>> complaint


>>>> I don't know,
>>>> this just sounds odd considering how much talk there has been on
>>>> this very list about
>>>> precisely how accessible Google Apps are.

>>>> Seems like a weird move by the leadership if they're trying to
>>>> get attention.

>>>> And get attention for what exactly?

>>>> Jorge


>>>> On Mar 16, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:

>>>>> I think it's true that Google could do a lot more in terms of
>>>>> accessibility, especially with Google Docs.  But their email and
>>>>> calendar services are perfectly accessible.  Gmail even has an
>>>>> HTML only version which is as simple as it gets.  Also, the good
>>>>> thing about Google apps is that you can use them through other
>>>>> software.  I use Gmail and Google calendar everyday with my Mac,
>>>>> but I never actually open the Google site for that.  I get my
>>>>> emails through Imap and use iCal to look at the calendar and
>>>>> add events etc.
>>>>> In other words, I think this complaint should have formulated
>>>>> differently.  There are lots of things that can and should be
>>>>> fixed, but saying that these services are not usable by blind
>>>>> people in those universities is lying.  My university uses
>>>>> Google apps, and I'm not complaining about it because I can use
>>>>> it...!!
>>>>> On Mar 16, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Jorge Paez wrote:

>>>>>> Precisely my thoughts.

>>>>>> Where's the NFB suing Freedom Scientific?

>>>>>> Or Google?

>>>>>> Gosh knows Google could do way more then any school to fix
>>>>>> that problem.

>>>>>> Just my thoughts.

>>>>>> Jorge



>>>>>> On Mar 16, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Nimer Jaber wrote:

>>>>>>> Hello,

>>>>>>> Google Aps are accessible with screen readers that have
>>>>>>> innovated and
>>>>>>> are able to use google apps such as NVDA for example.  JFW
>>>>>>> works, but
>>>>>>> very limitedly.  What happened to the screen reader companies
>>>>>>> doing
>>>>>>> their jobs and making things accessible instead of the NFB
>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>> sue-happy *gain* and complaining because screen reader
>>>>>>> companies are
>>>>>>> falling behind? I don't think that Google has _ever refused
>>>>>>> to work on
>>>>>>> accessibility for anyone.  Just saying ...

>>>>>>> Thanks.

>>>>>>> On 16/03/2011, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello fellow NABS members.

>>>>>>>> I'm sure most of you have heard about the complaint National
>>>>>>>> filed regarding
>>>>>>>> universities using Google Apps.

>>>>>>>>> From what I understand, GMail is completely accessible but
>>>>>>>>> the rest isn't.
>>>>>>>> (I've never used anything more then Gmail in the apps as of
>>>>>>>> yet),

>>>>>>>> but so far, I haven't seen many people use this.

>>>>>>>> Are we complaining because the University is mandating that
>>>>>>>> everything be
>>>>>>>> done threw Google Apps (part of which is unaccessible) or
>>>>>>>> are we complaining
>>>>>>>> for simply using inaccessible web applications that could
>>>>>>>> potentially pose
>>>>>>>> problems?



>>>>>>>> Thanks,

>>>>>>>> Jorge

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