[access-uk] Re: Google mail interface
- From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:52:00 +0100
Hi Douglas.
You can find the settings option on screen and use your mouse keys to click
it, but over all I think the google attitude to accessibility is pretty
shabby.
I object to being told I can use HTML mail with my screenreader only to be
then told I can't change settings in this mode. This is clearly not propper
accessibility and I wonder why all the options can't be propper links?
You can search for the word settings on screen and use your mouse similation
keys to click on it. This works with JAWS anyway and I suspect it works
with window-eyes. can't really say about HAL.
Regards
Graham ----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Google mail interface
Since upgrading to IE7 I have found it impossible (using Hal) to activate
the
Settings button/link on the Gmail web page. Google state quite clearly
that
it is necessary to be in the Standard mode, not the Basic one intended for
screen reader users, to do this. When I set up my Gmail account I was
using IE6 and managed to configure it as I wanted, but am now unable to
make any adjustments.
I would be interested to hear whether users of other screen readers can
replicate my problem.
It is difficult to reconcile this with Google's stated interest in improved
accessibility for people with disabilities.
Douglas
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