Well, what can I tell you? I filled out their form using lynx on linux with speakup. I found it not the best designed form because it was very chatty and not as clearly written as it might be, but I was able to do it. On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi Janina, > > <smile> OK, but that doesn't answer my questions, Janina. Here they > are again. > > 1. Where do you enter your name and so on on the application? All I > saw was the long agreement form. That should have come *after* > you added your name and so on. I never saw any place to add > personal data. > > 2. I'm glad about the verification process, and I can certainly > provide that info, no problem, but if the site only works for > MSIE5.5 will the search boxes work? Will anything work at all? > See, that's what's so misleading. If the statement "this site is > for MSIE5.5 or later" is gone, then does that mean the site is now > accessible? I haven't seen anything on the beta lists about work > in Linux or talk of Linux or anything. I got the impression that > the subject was werboten. It's nice to know that somebody is > doing something, but I thought the whole idea of the beta list for > the site was to let people *know* what was going on. I told Peter > that I'd be happy to help and that I was willing to test in Lynx. > When I wrote that I found the site to be inaccessible with Lynx, I > got no response at all, nothing! Now maybe there was something I > was doing wrong, but if that was the case, then they should have > treated me with the same patience and understanding and courtesy > that the Windows users got, frankly!! > > Ann P. > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
