ah, well you could use jaws, it still works there on eBay (I don't use facebook so can't comment on them), you could update to windows 7 which is not that hard to learn and can be customized to look just like XP, or you can play with your dos when it comes out!
live and learn, you make it sound bad, when it's actually a good thing inthaneelf -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Eleni Vamvakari Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:21 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Problems with Ebay and Facebook Over the past several months, I've been having major problems with Ebay. I've noticed that the combo boxes for sorting items, as well as the edit boxes for choosing price, and the regular links for things like buy it now, the various categories, location, etc. have all become inaccessible. They now look like a combination of links and check boxes, which do nothing when I click on them. I've tried both Firefox, which is my main browser, and Internet Explorer. Sometimes, they work properly, but now, neither one is working, and these problems appear on both browsers, where previously, I was able to use IE for the purpose. Firefox also started acting normally, a few days ago, but has now resumed this strange look. The ad-ons manager in Firefox has also become inaccessible. I also have to use the mobile version of Facebook with both browsers, since it's very difficult to use the main site on Firefox and virtually impossible with IE. When I get e-mails of notifications from Facebook, they all use the www. version of pages. But I can't get to the address with IE, as I can with Firefox, in order to edit it to m. so that I can view things on the mobile site. I also can't update IE, because I'm using Windows XP, and 7 is the last version that will work with my os! So basically, I'm left with only a few options. 1. Change to a version of Windows which I have no idea how to use, and no desire to learn, one which is far more complicated than what I already have. 2. Buy another Mac (which is ridiculously expensive) so that I can upgrade to Mountain Lion, or buy more memory for my Macbook so I can upgrade to Lion. Both have better navigational features than Snow Leopard, but I'm not a huge fan of the Mac. Please do not suggest to me that I buy an iOS device. I don't like touch screens and the like, nor do I wish to change to Linux. 3. Continue using Firefox and uninstall/reinstall it every time Ebay starts acting up, hoping that will fix the problem (it didn't today), or I don't like an add-on and need to delete it, or do a system restore each time. 4. Wait for my MS-DOS 7.10 machine, which should be coming soon. I've heard that these sites are accessible with DOS browsers. For the record, I use NVDA as my screenreader. Has anyone else experienced these problems? If so, what solutions have you found? This is really upsetting me! What's worse is that both Ebay and Facebook have wonderfully accessible mobile pages, but they don't have many of the basic features of their main sites. Thanks, Eleni For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
