[access-uk] Re: Yahoo, google or freelists groups please?
- From: Jonathan H <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:16:36 +0100
Google Groups all the way. Google has far and away the most accessible web
interfaces for all its products, groups included.
References:
Groups administrator guide to
accessibility<https://support.google.com/a/answer/2821355?hl=en#h4_google_groups>
.
Using Google Groups with Assistive
Technologies.<https://support.google.com/groups/answer/2525100>
Google Groups makes good use of keyboard navigation, landmarks and ARIA
roles to quickly navigate.
Keyboard shortcuts:
When you navigate to the Home screen, you are presented with a prompt
> explaining that you can open the keyboard shortcuts help screen using the
> question mark. Pressing the question mark displays a dialog with a table of
> keyboard shortcuts arranged in two columns. Press Control + Alt + Down
> Arrow to navigate through all the keyboard shortcuts.
> Some useful keyboard shortcuts are:
>
> - Press *o* to open a topic, expand, or collapse a post.
>
>
> - Press *c* to start a new topic.
>
>
> - Press *a* to reply to a post.
>
> The dialog can be closed by typing question mark again, or by pressing the
> escape key.
Other reasons:
1: Yahoo groups are pretty much dead in the water - Yahoo Groups Japan has
already closed and there are serious rumblings about the state and
reliability of the Yahoo Groups Neo which hasn't long been rolled out.
2: Freelists is, as you say, rather limited.
On 3 April 2014 15:43, David Mellor <mrd.mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi group,
> I want to ask for some guidance on email discussion groups, like this one.
> I want to setup a closed group to allow discussion between people who have
> previously attended a group event in person, so their email address are
> already known. There posts should not be visible to anyone who is not a
> member of the group.
> I want it to function as an email based group like this group, ideally with
> a web interface as well for those that might prefer it.
> I prefer yahoo and google groups to freelists simply because they handle
> subject lines for replies better allowing email software to group the
> original post together with its replies.
> I would like something that has moderator / admin tools that are VIP
> accessible. I have heard that yahoo no longer fits this requirement.
> Apart from the above, cruising.ultragroups.com is another good one I've
> used
> though I don't think it has a web interface.
>
> Any advice please?
> Very many thanks,
> David
>
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