[nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from Google

Fri May 24 04:36:19 UTC 2013

I'm not seeing it when I log in with IE 9, but I'll be on the lookout
for it.  It's weird that it's showing up for some people with higher
browsers but not everyone.

If this does become an issue, it will be just like the Kindle and
Whispercast thing in the schools now.  I know my university just
switched to Google from IBM for their emailing this year, so the odds
that schools like it aren't going to want to switch from Google any
time soon if accessibility roadblocks start cropping up.

Outlook would probably be a workable solution assuming that Gmail is
the only thing that is going to be effected.  I doubt that Google
would make their search engine inaccessible because the whole point of
the simplicity behind it is so that everyone can use it without
getting confused or turned around.  I would hope that they wouldn't
try to complicate things to keep in competition with Bing or the other
search engines and sacrifice accessibility in the process, but we'll
have to see I guess.

Thanks for bringing this up, Aleeha.  It definitely sounds like
something we should keep an eye on.

On 5/23/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I have the same question. As  a jaws user, I use internet explorer 9 and
> often use google as my search engine. As a jaws user, I find this simple
> search webpage user friendly because it does not have many links and images
>
> as other search engines do like yahoo.
> I hope the ability to surf the internet using internet explorer 10 which is
>
> the latest browser is not affected.
> I'm tired of google's tricks and inaccessibility of their aps.
> Ashley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: justin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:10 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from Google
>
> So, is my ability to surf the internet on my computer going to be affected?
> If so, what do we do?  Does the nfb and Dr. Mauer know?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 6:00 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from Google
>
> Not only that, but it will effect all of us as blind computer users--that
> is, until Google makes Chrome accessible.
>
> Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
> Public Relations Committee
> Maryland Association of Blind Students
> Phone: (443) 547-2409
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 5:54 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from Google
>
> I hate to say this but this is going to drastically affect the notetakers.
> I
> mean the electronic ones with the displays.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 23, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> I am running IE 10.
>>
>> If you look on the front page of your email, under the list of offered
> services like drive and calendar, you will see a message, if you are
> running
> Internet explorer, you will see a message that says your browser will soon
> no longer be supported. Under that message, you will see another line of
> text that says upgrade to a modern browser such as Google chrome. The
> browser link takes you to a site which will tell you what browser you are
> winning and will also list three other browsers that are more modern than
> yours. If I had not been bored and using my arrow keys to navigate the
> page,
> I would have never noticed this message.
>> I'll try to find another source for this information.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 23, 2013, at 17:22, Desiree Oudinot <turtlepower17 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, a link would be nice. It was my understanding that Google was
>>> going to stop supporting IE 8, not IE in general. I thought versions
>>> newer than 8 would be ok.
>>>
>>> On 5/23/13, Anjelina Cruz <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I am a bit behind. When was this info released? Can someone please
>>>> post a link about these possible changes?
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> On 5/23/13, ryan bishop <ryan.bishop96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Wait, are you saying there only going to expect Google crome?
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha
>>>>> Dudley
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:31 PM
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] watch out! it's another ridiculous update from
>>>>> Google
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>    For those using Internet explorer as your browser and using any
>>>>> Google-related app, your browser will soon no longer be supported.
>>>>> This means that you could easily lose access to your mail and any
>>>>> other google app.
>>>>> Just another reason why we should fight against the adoption of
>>>>> Google products at our colleges and universities!!!!!
>>>>> Just FYI.
>>>>> Aleeha
>>>>>
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