Good point, Israel. I'll put this on my to-do list. Cheers, Donna On Mar 15, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Israel wrote:
> When I was considering joining Facebook a year ago, I read various online > articles in the hopes of finding out whether FB was screen reader friendly > and/or to see what others who use screen readers have experienced in terms of > accessibility. While I don't recall the specifics, I remember reading > letters and forum discussions at the American Foundation For The Blind who > along with a sixteen year old high school student, Michelle was working with > the director of development, Jeff(I believe) for Facebook in attempting to > making the site accessible to the blind/visually impaired. Although FB's > frequent changes may suggest otherwise, the company seems open to helping > bridge the accessibility gap so has anyone approached them about complying to > web standards and showing how this would benefit a segment of the population > they apparently seem willing to accommodate? > > Israel Antonio > www.sexyisra.blogspot.com > www.twitter.com/sexyisra > On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:49 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > >> On 2010-03-15, at 8:49 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The problem with this is that the lite site, like the mobile site, won't >>> let you interface with the apps. Personally, I really think this is >>> something Apple needs to work on. >> >> * I think that if Facebook followed web standards, including WCAG 2.0, then >> the site would work fine. I don't think that there's anything that Apple >> needs to work on, at least not until Facebook commits to web standards. >> >> Everett >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
