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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I ditto what you said Tracy.</p><p class=MsoNormal>I am finding sites with links that do nothing more and more lately.</p><p class=MsoNormal>One site I pay for services for was accessible but now has some type of text field at the top of each page where they have at least text and likely links and other objects.</p><p class=MsoNormal>All I hear is something about a magnifying glass and nothing else inside what sounds like a text box.</p><p class=MsoNormal>I sent them several messages about it and they replied for me to watch their notifications but after quite some time their messages are just ads for the most part,</p><p class=MsoNormal>Some new features for sighted users (which sound more and more inaccessible) and nothing about accessibility at all.</p><p class=MsoNormal>You are right on!</p><p class=MsoNormal>I too hope some legislation will be implemented but I’m not holding my breath.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Too bad the big blind organizations are not more up front and loud in the media about the problems and hitting more companies with more and more legal actions, sigh.</p><p class=MsoNormal>From what I have heard it may not be possible for a small individual to file a successful suit against most of these companies.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Richard R. Thomas (Rick USA)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">Tracy Carcione via NFBCS</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, April 3, 2022 10:54 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">NFB in Computer Science Mailing List</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">Tracy Carcione</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[NFBCS] Inaccessible websites</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am finding more and more inaccessible websites. I try them with Firefox</p><p class=MsoNormal>and Chrome, and no joy. Buttons go nowhere. Links to pop-up menus do</p><p class=MsoNormal>nothing. Formfields say they're form fields, but I can't type in them.</p><p class=MsoNormal>It's very frustrating. Big companies or small businesses, it's all</p><p class=MsoNormal>hit-or-miss. I sure hope our legislation passes about this, but even then</p><p class=MsoNormal>it will take years to have an effect. And meantime I either don't shop</p><p class=MsoNormal>where I want, or I pay AIRA to help me. It's making me nuts.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBCS mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/richardrthomas48%40gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>