Brian, Rest assured, you are not the only one experiencing this. I started having this issue yesterday. I actually wondered if it was because I hadn't upgraded to ML.
I used Facebook on a PC for a very short time years ago and I seem to remember the combo edit boxes then, but I don't remember the combo edit boxes rendering the field inaccessible to the screen reader I used then. As Donna, mentioned, I did find the edit box containing the information I typed either as my status update or as a comment to a friend's post. It does take some navigating, but I also have been using the item chooser to get me to that box quicker. I don't know how others are dealing with it, but I find that the accessible edit box appears at the bottom of the FB page for me and I use VO+FN+right arrow to get me there. I will keep playing to find any possible work-arounds. If it continues, I will e-mail FB. As others point out, they don't always respond, but I find that at 66% of the time I have submitted an issue, they do get back to me and do seem to try to fix the issue. I'll see over the next few days as I have also found that when a problem of inaccessibility arises, it takes a few days or even weeks, but it does get fix. At least, it does for me. Israel Antonio Sexy Isra www.sexyisra.blogspot.com On Aug 22, 2012, at 3:42 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > Great to see such a great response here. Let me address a few things > here. One, I have had Mountain Lion installed for a few weeks, and > there had been no problem working with ML and Facebook. It just > started this morning when I pulled FB up to write something. I need to > use FB for work, so not using it is not an option. I have tried the > movile version, menu tab and the main website through safari and still > nothing. Which ever one I go to says What's On Your Mind then Combo > Bob. For those of you who wrote this has been here for years, it just > started showing up for me today. I didn't update anything or make any > changes. I really appreciate the people who suggested work arounds > that work for them. I finally figured a work around in Menu Tab but > still not sure what I did so will have to play with a little more. > Everything was fine when I went to bed last night, so not sure how > this problem just started happening this morning. There is no way to > contact Facebook, no phone number, actually I think there is a phone > number, but good luck trying to get a person on the phone, and if you > email them you will just get a standard response, as I tried this a > few years ago. I guess they look at it as there is the Facebook way > and that is it. Facebook would make a great dictatorship. If others > are having this problem, please do let us know if you figure out any > work arounds. > > On Aug 22, 2:36 pm, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ok, there is no way this can just be happening to me. If I go to >> Facebook through Safari, Menu Tab, or Facebook Mobile through Safari >> on my desktop using Mountain Lion, as soon as I go to What's On Your >> Mind, the text field where I have been posting my comments for years, >> VO says, What's On Your Mind Combo Box. It says that through anything >> I am trying to access FB with. I try to type and nothing, I interact >> with the combo and nothing. There is no way to update your status. I >> have restarted my computer thinking maybe it was an error, but am >> still getting this combo box thing. Any suggestions, as I find it hard >> to believe it is just me. I have not played around with any settings, >> it just started happening this morning. >> >> On Aug 22, 12:45 pm, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I have had it with Facebook, and if I didn't need it for work would >>> get rid of it. I went to update a status this morning, and went to the >>> website, was so happy as everything in Mountain Lion had been working >>> great, as I had set the sweet spot to go straight to update status >>> field, and then today, I go there and there is now a combo box that is >>> in the update status text field. I VO shift Down in to the Combo Box >>> tried typing and nothing, tried moving around and nothing. I said ok >>> let me go to Menu Tab and just update my status there, and guess what >>> same thing, the update status text field now has a combo box there. >>> Has anyone else had this happen today? If so, any work around? The >>> people who run the mobile site on their desktop are you having the >>> same problem? I am a non-violent person, but if I ever meet anyone who >>> works for Facebook, I am going to punch them in the face. They could >>> be the worst company out there along with ESPN who have made no effort >>> to make their site better compatabile with screen readers. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
