[Nfbc-info] facebook

Thu Sep 22 21:52:27 UTC 2011

The following may be of interest to you.
How to Kill the Facebook News Ticker
The most annoying new feature in the Facebook redesign has to be the
news ticker (although you can make an argument for some of the other
additions as well). Tech blog SumTips came up with three ways to kill
this feed.
The easiest way (which is also the way that worked the best for me)
involves using AdBlock Plus on Firefox or Chrome, and adding the
following custom filters in the extension's preferences.
block quote Start
www.facebook.com##[id="pagelet_rhc_ticker"]
www.facebook.com##[id="pagelet_ticker
block quote end
Then, refresh Facebook and you should be in business (that is, the
news ticker should be gone).
If you have Chrome, you can also install Unannoying Facebook, which
gets rid of the news feed as well as the pinned bar on top. Or, if you
have the Better Facebook extension, you can paste this into the CSS
options under Advanced Options Mode.
/* Hide Facebook live ticker */
.ticker_stream { display:none !important; }
We'll spare you the Xzibit jokes and just be glad that the stupid news
feed is gone.
Hide Facebook Live Feed Ticker and Disable Floating Bar | SumTips
   http://lifehacker.com/5842578/how-to-kill-the-facebook-news-ticker

On 9/22/11, Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also there is a group you can join here:
> https://groups.google.com/group/accessible/subscribe?pli=1
> Here is where you can send feedback to the accessibility team:
> https://services.google.com/fb/forms/accessibilityfeedback/
>
> On 9/22/11, Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Check this out guys.
>> This post to the Google Blog discusses Google's accessibility efforts
>> and commitments.
>> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/enhanced-accessibility-in-docs-sites.html
>> The NFB Access Technology Blog discusses the improvements.
>> http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=850&SnID=1418315758
>>
>> On 9/22/11, Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yeh and someone tried it with WindowEyes and I tried it with NVDA and
>>> someone else screamed at it when trying System Access too.
>>> Is there a way we can convince them to make it accessible somehow and
>>> to whom do we write?
>>>
>>> On 9/21/11, ckrugman at sbcglobal.net <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> I tried Google+ and found the same results. It is very confusing with
>>>> the
>>>> latest version of JAWS and the instructions are quite ambiguous.
>>>> Googledocs
>>>> isn't much better although it can be worked with to enter basic
>>>> information.
>>>> I had to use it earlier today to register for a training seminar.
>>>> Chuck
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:38 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] facebook
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Also related to accessibility, Google came out with Google Plus, which
>>>>> is not accessible Perhaps NFB would like to point Google in the right
>>>>> direction? I tested beta what now is public and no improvements in my
>>>>> opinion. It is like they are ignoring me when asking them to make it
>>>>> screen reader friendly and easy for those who use magnification
>>>>> software as well.
>>>>> Advice would be great, even the right contact info would be great.
>>>>> Accessibility is key here and all my sighted friends have that as
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/21/11, Lauren Merryfield <lauren1 at catliness.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I think they improve a bit now and then but things seem different
>>>>>> every
>>>>>> time
>>>>>> I try to navigate on FaceBook, and the accessibility doesn't improve
>>>>>> much
>>>>>> when they make new changes.  It's like they can't keep up with
>>>>>> themselves.
>>>>>> I don't use it much because it is so unwieldy.
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Lauren
>>>>>> advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
>>>>>> "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and
>>>>>> cats." ~
>>>>>> Albert Schweitzer
>>>>>> My new book, "there's more than one way to love a cat," is available
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> amazon.com
>>>>>> Visit us at catliness.com
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>>>>> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 4:07 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] facebook
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> While I don't know the specifics of what is going on, I will say two
>>>>>>> things.  First, I think, in the past year that Facebook's
>>>>>>> accessibility
>>>>>>> has improved.  Still more to do, but it is getting better.
>>>>>>> Secondly,
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> recently advertised for a developer with knowledge of accessibility,
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> this is not the first time they have done so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I suspect this will always be somewhat of a struggle as they are
>>>>>>> constantly changing their site and pages, but hopefully we are going
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> the right direction.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At 03:45 PM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>Hello everyone- Is there still anyone working on getting facebook to
>>>>>>>>make
>>>>>>>>their site more blind friendly? If not, we need to start dealing
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>facebook people because they are continuing to make changes to their
>>>>>>>>site
>>>>>>>>that are becoming more of a problem for blind people.  Is there
>>>>>>>> someone
>>>>>>>>we
>>>>>>>>can contact?
>>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>>>Tina
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> --
>>>>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>>>>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>>>>> sophisticated,
>>>>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate
>>>>> to,
>>>>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to
>>>>> lie
>>>>> in
>>>>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the
>>>>> quality
>>>>> of
>>>>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>>>>> --
>>>>> Chela Robles
>>>>> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
>>>>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
>>>>> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
>>>>> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
>>>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
>>>>> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn
>>>>> more
>>>>> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
>>>>> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening
>>>>> to
>>>>> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
>>>>> you're a robot at:
>>>>> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
>>>>> --
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>>> sophisticated,
>>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
>>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
>>> in
>>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality
>>> of
>>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>>> --
>>> Chela Robles
>>> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
>>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
>>> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
>>> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
>>> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn
>>> more
>>> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
>>> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening
>>> to
>>> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
>>> you're a robot at:
>>> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
>>> --
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>> sophisticated,
>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
>> in
>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality
>> of
>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>> --
>> Chela Robles
>> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
>> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
>> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
>> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
>> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
>> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
>> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
>> you're a robot at:
>> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
>> --
>>
>
>
> --
> --
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
> --
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
> you're a robot at:
> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
> --
>

-- 
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"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
--