Hi mahesh, Like I did in the past, I have now forwarded this to Yahoo! Lets see the outcome.
Regards, Srinivasu http://srinivasu.org Twitter: @csrinivasu about.me/srinivasuc Sent from my iPad On Sep 11, 2013, at 1:44 AM, "Mahesh S. Panicker" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello listers > I wonder what is really wrong with these websites? They try fixing > things that aren't broken and end up messing it all up. Last month > there was a discussion on AI regarding the lack of accessible sites to > check and book flight tickets in the context of the inaccessibility of > the revamped cleartrip site. Unfortunate to note that nothing has > changed there. In fact, the list of obnoxious sites are only going up. > The latest to join is Yahoo. Yahoo's groups services used to be used > by many screen reader users. But with the recent revamp, it has become > inaccessible in significant ways. It is difficult to move around > easily on the list home page for an ordinary user. If you are a > moderator, then your life is cooked. Can't really do any of the > important tasks with Jaws or NVDA as many of the links just appear as > plain text that is not clickable. Yahoo as always, doesn't really > care. The recent revamp of googlegroups had made life difficult there, > what can we do? > Is there any provision whereby we can take these people to the CCPD or > any such authority? What could be an accessible group alternative for > us? > Just feeling incredibly frustrated....... > > -- > Mahesh S. Panicker > Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, > Lady Shri Ram College, Lajpat Nagar > New Delhi 110024 > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
