[access-uk] Re: Yahoo, google or freelists groups please?
- From: David Mellor <mrd.mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 17:52:56 +0100
Hi Jonathan,
Many thanks for this.
Information on the google sites about web versus email lists is very
contradictory.
Can anyone tell me, if I setup a web forum type list will members still be
able to receive, send and reply to messages in the same way that they can
with this group?
Many thanks,
David
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jonathan H
Sent: 03 April 2014 16:17
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Yahoo, google or freelists groups please?
Google Groups all the way. Google has far and away the most accessible web
interfaces for all its products, groups included.
References:
<https://support.google.com/a/answer/2821355?hl=en#h4_google_groups> Groups
administrator guide to accessibility.
<https://support.google.com/groups/answer/2525100> Using Google Groups with
Assistive Technologies.
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.
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