I use Amazon all the time I have problems once in a while, but not
enough to prevent me from using it. They also have a text only site
for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Peggy
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From: John W. Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:24:35 -0400
Subject: Re: using amazon.com with safari
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Travis, have you heard of any typing tutorials that will work on the
mac and are self voicing so that a blind user could use one? Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Siegel"
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To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X
by theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: using amazon.com with safari
> And now you know why *I.REFUSE.TO.USE.AMAZON!!
> That siet is such a pain to navigate. Once I had a link to the exact
> page to the item I wanted to buy, and it still took me half an hour
to > find the damned thing, because of having to wade through all the
crap > amazon has on their pages. So, navagition problems are not
limited to > safari. Though, I too have experienced the problems you
mention with > amazon as well, which for me is simply another reason
*not* to use their > site. There's always others who have the products
for similar pricing, > and I've never found anything amazon has that I
couldn't find elsewhere, > so it's not been the least bit of a problem
for me. The only reason I > even attempt to use them, is when I do a
book search, and they often come > up because they have the isbn
numbers of all the books. Although, I've > found isbn.org is just as
good for that kind of info, so once again, > amazon is proved useless
for me.
> Sorry about the rant, but this is something that has irritated me
about > amazon for years, and as time goes on, it only gets worse.
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Holly Anderson wrote:
>
>> Hi guys. Yesterday I was using safari and amazon.com to try and buy
>> something. I found it to be really slow though. I have the group
items >> on webpage turned on and it seems to work great for other
sites but not >> for amazon. I found if I turned that featre off in vo,
the page would >> be fast again, but then I got stuck in a particular
area of the page >> and it wouldn't navigate anywhere else on the page.
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced this, or is it just a question of >>
inexperience.
>>
>> Oh I should also say that this didn't seem to happen until I found
what >> I was looking for and clicked on its actual product page. I'm
wondering >> if its just too much information for Voice over.
>> thanks for any suggestions.
>> Holly
>>
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