[NFBCS] Successfully Subscribed To Disney Plus

[Star Gazer]

			Exactly right. 
Why wouldn't be a number one priority when accessibility means that they can legally part more customers from their money? 
Why does the size of the corporation make bad behavior acceptable? 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin <kevinsisco61784 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 6:17 PM
To: Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Successfully Subscribed To Disney Plus

They are a huge corporation and I'm sure they were getting it. Maybe this wasn't there number one priority.


On 11/13/2019 5:12 PM, Star Gazer wrote:
> Why? Disney should have gotten it right before the site ever went live.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 13, 2019, at 5:02 PM, Kevin via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I get what you're saying but that's life sometimes.  It is what it is.
>>
>>
>>> On 11/13/2019 12:52 PM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS wrote:
>>> Sounds to me like there really was a problem, until Curtis spoke up and Disney fixed it.
>>> As for work-arounds to get accessibility, OK, to a point, but I am really tired of jumping through multiple hoops to get what other people just get as a matter of course.
>>> I'm glad things are working well now.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NFBCS [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kevin via NFBCS
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 12:40 PM
>>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Kevin
>>> Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Successfully Subscribed To Disney Plus
>>>
>>> This is great news!  I think this just goes to show us that jumping the
>>> gun is never a good idea.  We must keep in mind that while things may
>>> not be perfectly accessible we always have workarounds.  As the saying
>>> goes there's more than one way to skin a cat.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 11/12/2019 11:10 PM, Peter Donahue via NFBCS wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>                   This evening I successfully subscribed to Disney Plus using
>>>> Firefox and JAWS 2019 under Windows 7. I was able to complete the signup
>>>> process without assistance. I watched an episode of Disneynature and began
>>>> adding content to our watchlist. The interface works similar to Netflix.
>>>> Once I logged in I was able to navigate the website without trouble.
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>                   While I was able to subscribe and explore the Disney Plus
>>>> Website using Firefox it still doesn't work well with Google Chrome. I was
>>>> able to move around without difficulty using Internet Explorer but was
>>>> unable to get content to play. This looks to me like it's a matter of a
>>>> missing IE component rather than an accessibility issue. We obviously got
>>>> someone's attention at Disney Streaming to address the issues blind people
>>>> are having with signing up for and using Disney Plus. Now to see if the
>>>> English version of the Disney Plus Apps are available for iOS and Apple TV.
>>>> I'll keep you posted on my progress. All the best.
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>>
>>>>    
>>>>    
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