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Gary R. Schmidt <
grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
>On 27/09/2023 16:39, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Gary R. Schmidt <
grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
>>>On 27/09/2023 08:17, Jerry wrote:
>>>>What does Google turning off HTML in 3 months mean for Windows Firefox
>>>>GMail users?
>>>>Google to discontinue the Basic HTML version of Gmail next year
>>>>https://www.neowin.net/news/google-to-discontinue-the-basic-html-version-of-
gmail-next-year/
>>>>What will change?
>>>>Will it matter?
>>>If you are blind and rely on a screen-reader to read your email via the
>>>web, it *does* matter.
>>Can you use an email client in a terminal window with IMAP to access the
>>inbox in Gmail? Wouldn`t that better interpret reading order on behalf
>>of the screen reader?
>Having to learn a new application is always a problem, even an interface
>update buggers things up. You have to get someone to talk you through
>all the new commands, and where what information is on screen and so on.
Fair enough. I`m just questioning whether the Web interface Google is
turning off did an adequate job of preserving reading order. The email
client I use from a terminal certainly would.
>Note: I am not blind, but I have written software with the requirement
>that it be usable by the blind.
I understand. I used to argue that just making a Web page`s text
viewable with lynx would likely result in a Web page page that a blind
user with the right tools wouldn`t struggle with.
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