[Nfbc-info] facebook

Fri Sep 23 00:52:56 UTC 2011

I have no clue about contacting a higher level rep in Google.
Chuck
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From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] facebook


> 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
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>>>> ----- 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
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