Jolene, you'll be much better off using http://m.facebook.com
On 11/15/10, Trish <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe this will be of some help.. > >>> For those who use Facebook, you may have noticed you can't get to your >>> account. >>> Here is why: >>> >>> Article reprinted right after the link. >>> >>> Link: >>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101115/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetfacebook_20101115202145Facebook >>> launches new messaging service, includes emailby Glenn Chapman - 1 hr 10 >>> mins agoSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook launched a next-generation online >>> messagingservice on Monday that includes facebook.comemail addresses in a >>> move seenas ashot across the bow of Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft.Facebook >>> founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled what he called a >>> "convergent"modernmessaging system that "handles messages seamlessly >>> across all the ways youwantto communicate" in a single inbox.The >>> messaging service blends online chat, text messages and other >>> real-timeconversation tools with traditional email, which Zuckerberg said >>> had lostfavorfor being too slow for young Internet users."It is true that >>> people will be able to have facebook.com email addresses,butthis is not >>> email," Zuckerberg said at an event in downtown San Francisco."Ithandles >>> email."Zuckerberg dismissed reports referring to the messaging system as >>> a "Gmailkiller" aimed at the heart of free Web-based email services from >>> Google andsimilar services from Yahoo! and Microsoft."We don't expect >>> anyone to wake up tomorrow and say 'I'm going to shut downmyYahoo Mail or >>> Gmail account,'" Zuckerberg said.But, he added: "Maybe one day six >>> months, a year, two years out people willstart to say this is how the >>> future should work."Maybe email won't be as important a part as it was >>> before and we can pushpeople toward real-time conversations," he said.The >>> Facebook messaging service was intended to turn online exchanges >>> intoongoing conversations as opposed to intermittent back-and-forth >>> emailmissives,according to Facebook director of engineering Andrew >>> Bosworth."The system is definitely not email," Bosworth said. "We modeled >>> it moreafterchat."The new messaging system, referred to inside the Palo >>> Alto, California-basedfirm as "Titan," will be slowly rolled out in >>> coming months to users.Approximately 350 million of Facebook's more than >>> 500 million members fireoffmessages at the service, with more than four >>> billion digital missives sentdaily, according to Zuckerberg.With such a >>> large user base, a free personalized facebook.com email servicelaysdown a >>> powerful challenge to the established email giants -- Microsoft'sHotmail, >>> Yahoo! Mail and Google's Gmail.Hotmail currently has the most users, >>> 361.7 million as of September,accordingto online tracking firmcomScore, >>> followed by Yahoo! with 273.1 million andGmailwith 193.3 >>> million.Microsoft, which has a small stake in Facebook, is integrating >>> its popularOffice software into the social network's messaging system so >>> people will beable to share Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents as >>> attachments.Facebook's new messaging service comes amid sparring with >>> Google over datasharing. Google this month blocked Facebook from >>> importing Gmail contactinformation over the social network's refusal to >>> share data about its users."Facebook says this isn't a 'Gmail killer,' >>> but this is neither completelyaccurate nor completely wrong," said >>> Forrester analyst Augie Ray. "Anythingthatmakes communication easier and >>> pulls attention away from Gmail is a 'Gmailkiller.'"Facebook users can >>> decide whether to get word to friends using SMS, chat,emailor a Messages >>> feature at the social networking service.Messages will be received in >>> whatever medium or on whichever device isconvenient."You shouldn't have >>> to remember who prefers IM over email or worry aboutwhichtechnology to >>> use," said Facebook engineer Joel Seligstein. "Simply choosetheirname and >>> type a message."Incoming messages are sorted into one of three folders. A >>> main folder holdsmessages from Facebook friends, while bank statements, >>> club notices andotherworthwhile messages not from close friends go into a >>> second folder.A junk folder was created for messages people don't want to >>> see."We can change the paradigm to have genuine control over who gets >>> ourattention," Bosworth said. "This is actually something people have >>> wantedfor along time."One of the major objectives was to streamline >>> sending and receiving messageswith an eye toward simulating an ongoing >>> chat, according to Zuckerberg."Don't think of it as inbox but as a place >>> where you have, store and recordyourcommunications with friends," Ray >>> said. >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jolene Cardenas" <[email protected]> > To: "Blind-Computing" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 4:07 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Facebook > > >> hello everybody, >> >> I'm new to this list--and also to Facebook as well. I was just wondering >> if anyone is experiencing some accessibility issues with the full-featured >> >> version of the site because I'm having a hard time trying to use certain >> features on it with JAWS 11 and Windows Vista. 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