That one is in my list of known issues actually.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 02:49:44PM -0500, Dan Eickmeier wrote:
And another issue is that contacts' status is not read, and from what
i've heard from sighted users, there are actually graphics showing
whehter a contact is online, away, etc.
On Nov 19, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Doug Lee wrote:
>This is for Mac Skype users, not Windows Skype users.
>
>I'm looking for input on Mac Skype accessibility problems. These are
>notes I took based on my experience with the currently available Mac
>Skype release. I welcome comments, corrections, etc. if anyone has
>any.
>Pardon the raw formatting; I originally wrote these for myself as an
>aid
>in communicating with Skype developers. Pay attention to indenting
>and
>leading dashes; this is written in a sort of outline format.
>
>One brief note beforehand: The "Missed events tree" that I mention is
>probably not supposed to exist is in fact invisible, according to a
>sighted Skype user I talked to. This is why clicking on its entries
>does not do the expected thing. This is the view that says things
>like "collapsed 5 missed calls" (this is imprecise language; I'm not
>at a Mac right now). There are two History views, one reached with
>"Show History" and the other from the Window menu I think, hence their
>names below. The "missed events tree" is neither of these.
>
>Known issues:
>File transfer table is inaccessible ("Unknown" for each row).
>Chat drawers are inaccessible:
> - "Unknown" for each row.
> - Can't read rows without activating chats.
> - I believe focus jumps out of the drawer when a chat activates.
> - Note: Workaround: Use separate chat windows; but this becomes
>cumbersome with large numbers of simultaneous chats.
>Window menu history (one of two History views):
> - History table doesn't identify entry types (vm, missed call, etc.).
> - Space opens chats, plays vm's, etc (this is good, not bad).
> - Not sure what Enter does on an entry.
>Contact list history (second of two History views):
> - First column reads as blank but should say what's unread.
> - History table doesn't identify entry types (vm, missed call, etc.).
> - Enter, not Space, opens chats (inconsistent with above).
> - No way to play a voicemail in this view.
>Missed event tree is invisible and probably not intended to exist.
>Conference panels:
> - No way to hang up on a specific conference participant from the
>keyboard.
>Contact list:
> - Contact list only shows us one table column.
> - Contact cell tooltips don't read as help tags.
> - Contact row repeats on frequent redraw (minor; workaround: Esc to
>jump to Search text field).
>
>There you have them, the issues of which I am aware so far. Please
>write back if you know any more or if you see errors in my notes. I
>am communicating with Skype developers about Mac Skype issues this
>week while in Tallinn.
>
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