[access-uk] Re: Yahoo, google or freelists groups please?

  • From: David Mellor <mrd.mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 21:07:40 +0100

Okay Johnathon,
I'll give it a try.
You're a lot more helpful than the google support pages.
David
 


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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jonathan H
Sent: 03 April 2014 18:49
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Yahoo, google or freelists groups please?


I would start with a type of "email list"



An email list allows users to post from the web or by email.



You can still fully add, edit, remove or ban users via the web interface,
but users can also subscribe, reply, post and unsubscribe through both the
web interface and email. 

I think that's what you're after, isn't it?


On 3 April 2014 17:52, David Mellor <mrd.mellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:




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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