[gui-talk] Google Chrome

[Kris]

Hi All,

I installed Google Chrome only to find it completely unusable, so I 
uninstalled it.

Part of the uninstall process was a questionnaire as to why I was 
uninstalling it, and I explained that I could not use it and why.  I told 
them I hoped they would take this into consideration and that someday it 
would be a product that would work with screenreaders.

If we all give them a gentle nudge everytime the opportunity presents 
itself, perhaps this will encourage them to work on the accessibility issue 
a little more.
These companies have no way to know what we need unless we tell them.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Chrome


Donnie,

Google is very much aware of the fact that accessibility needs to be a 
consideration in the development of their
products.  It is my opinion, though, that they tend to need a little push 
sometimes.  Therefore, we will need to make
certain that they try to build in accessibility from the ground up rather 
than trying to attach it after the fact.  The good
news is that they are building there OS on a Linux kernel, and there is a 
good deal of work already being done on Linus
including within the Linus GUI.  Hopefully, they can make use of that rather 
than having to start from scratch.  Those of
us active in this field will definitely have to make certain this happens, 
though.  Thanks for raising this issue.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:55:45 -0500, Donnie wrote:

>Here is a link to the official Google Blog introducing the Google Chrome
>operating system for those who are interested.

>http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

>Donnie

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Chrome


>> Actually, Google Chrome is a browser, not a search engine.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 07:11 AM 7/10/2009, you wrote:
>>>Google Chrome is a search engine, and it is not at all accessible.
>>>
>>>Kris
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Donnie" <russdon at bellsouth.net>
>>>To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:09 AM
>>>Subject: [gui-talk] Google Chrome
>>>
>>>
>>>Just heard on the radio that Google is working on an operating system to
>>>compete with Microsoft.  Has anybody else heard about this?  Do we know 
>>>if
>>>they are doing anything to build accessibility into it?  The name of the
>>>operating system will be Google Chrome.
>>>
>>>Donnie
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