In other words, it's cumbersome and odd mor than inaccessible? On 2013-03-18, at 7:23 AM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a bit of a different opinion on this issue. I don't think Facebook is > inaccessible. It's annoying, and inconvenient, but far from inaccessible. I > can do everything on it that I need to do, but some of the popup menus are a > bit strange, as you either have to press tab or go to the end of your > displayed text. > > I've experience inaccessible programs. To me, those allow no access to > interfaces or text. The Facebook website is almost entirely legible with a > web browser. > > The app for IOS that is the easiest to use is Voicebook. It doesn't have all > the Facebook features, but you can read others' statuses and post your own. > > HtH, > Teresa > On Mar 18, 2013, at 5:57 AM, Maxwell Ivey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello; from what i have been hearing on this list and others windows users >> are having an easier time of it than mac users. however, there is a new ap >> for the iOS devices that seams to be getting good reviews. and since >> mountain lion is supposed to resemble iOS, there is hope in my opinion of a >> working Facebook ap for MacBooks soon. for me personally i do most of my >> interaction by email notification. I have everything from friend requests >> to group posts sent to my email inbox. In most cases i can just click reply >> and write my comments. However, this doesn't work with everything. if you >> aren't subscribed to a friends feed, then you don't get his or her posts. I >> will generally go to the Facebook site to post status updates, upload photos >> or videos, and to post to my groups. this isn't all that difficult as long >> as you remember that wherever you see a selection box that is probably an >> edit field. but the truth is until we can get fb to settle on a design we >> are never going to have full accessibility. hopefully, the continuing >> dissatisfaction from sighted users about all the constant changing will help >> with that. best of luck, max >> On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: >> >>> Dear Listers, >>> I know this topic has been widely discussed on the list, and I have always >>> been following it with interest and with dismay. Many of my friends all >>> over the world in other than English speaking countries have been urging me >>> to contact and follow them on facebook. I know that facebook website have >>> largely been ignoring our accessibility needs. I'd love to hear - if it is >>> too much on the list than off list - from those of you who would have a few >>> moments to tell me what your experience currently is, and to offer some >>> advice on which platform it would be best to manage facebook, with >>> voiceover either on the mac or iOS, and whether there may be special >>> applications that might facilitate facebook. Or indeed, in desperation, if >>> you have such experience, whether facebook is more accessible via Windows, >>> and in such a case, whether NvDA screen reader has anything to offer. I >>> know from the various posts that a few people on the list have to juggle >>> Windows and mac platforms in order to accomplish what they need. >>> >>> Many thanks >>> >>> Andrew >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
