As usual I find the discussion on new products, innovations and whether or not accessibility is a right or not most interesting. Of course everything should be designed to be as accessible as possible. The main FaceBook page is accessible, although it is poorly designed, cluttered and very busy. For those of us using text to speech it is useable, yet at times awkward. I sympathize with people who have other types of print disabilities who struggle in navigating the main site.
The mobile version is OK and addresses a good portion of the requirements for many of us. As for whether or not FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus, PinIt etc. are important is for each of us to decide. Heck many of us are expected to use several applications at work, school or where ever that are meaningless to a significant chunk of the population. This can be said for a lot of other things as well. Some people have no use for action adventure movies and feel that only dramas or romances are what is deserving of one's time to watch. As for accessibility; sadly if we need to have things made easier and the developers of applications or web sites like FaceBook are not doing that it is not GW Micro's responsibility to fix their issues. If GW Micro capitalizes on making FaceBook or Skype easier they can do that and they should charge since their staff need to eat as well and they might have charities and families they deem important to keep going. No one has told me I must pay to have access to FaceBook. If and how I access their site is something I want to do, then it is up to me to determine how. If I have a bone to pick with the FaceBook development team I must be the one to carry the ball into their court. If GW Micro monitors lists and sees where people are having problems with accessibility, what the heck, let them turn it into a money making venture. They are not the first company and other people have made a good living selling solutions to resolve challenges. Do we need to consume soft drinks? I am sure that there isn't a nutritionist or dietician in the world who will stand up and say we need to buy soft drinks weekly, yet there are people who do it and are happy to do so. Vic If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
