Hi, I could be rong, but I think it is to do with accessibility flaws
in the development environment used to build face book. Mac Voiceover
actually works a fare bit nicer with facebook than the windows
products do, but then, I don't use it for all that much other than
super-poking the odd person and reading the forums on some groups.
Best,
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On 24-Jan-09, at 9:46 AM, Cory Samaha wrote:
Hi Jamie,
I listened to this podcast, and I am a facebook user. But I was
hoping they
would go into a technical reason as to why screen readers such as
Window-Eyes don't recognize some of the facebook links as actual
links. For
example when someone posts something to their wall you can comment
on that
post. But the comment link is not recognized as a link or an
onclick, you
have to use your mouse pointer to click on it and refresh browse mode
manually to access it. It seems like there should be a better way. I
wonder if this is a problem with Window-Eyes or facebook. I don't
really
expect that you would know the answer to that, but hopefully someone
can
comment on it because it certainly is a pain.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Pauls [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: W E and Facebook
You can learn about using Facebook with screen readers in general by
listening to the latest Tech chat found at:
www.serotalk.com
It may help.
-----Original Message-----
From: Foxtrot [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: W E and Facebook
Janet-
Thanks for the iinfo. I guess it'll take some time to get used to.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Ingber [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: W E and Facebook
Hi Rick,
The trick to using Facebook is to route your mouse pointer to the
link.
This is not exact so you may need to move around to find the link.
Then,
turn browse mode off. Next, do a left click. If the page does not
automatically refresh, manually turn browse mode back on.
Also, you may need to use your mouse keys to read some of the
information.
This can be confusing because Facebook hhas adds and other stuff on
the
page. If you are reading a list with your mouse keys, clicking on
any one
of the items will usually put the information in a position where
you can
use your regular arrow keys.
My best advice is to learn one feature at a time and expect some
frustration. If you know people who are using Facebook, contact
them via
phone or email and ask them to send you a friend request. That's the
easiest way to get started.
HTH
Janet
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