Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Foiled again ...

I've always had issues with Blogger, mainly that most of the buttons simply don't work with my screen reader meaning I have to manually do the html code to make things bold, linked or insert images. ... that explains the several posts that were missing paragraph breks when I forgot to add them manually!</p>
<p>You may be thinking I've stopped reading all your posts lately, given the total absence of any comments from me ... this is not by choice, so I thought I'd better do a quick post to explain myself!</p><p>
Blogger has apparently changed something in its templates ... for the last month or so, if your blog opens a new window for people to leave comments, that new window stubbornly refuses to cooperate with my screen reader. I simply can't get into the box to type my comment, nor does the submit button work ... in the very rare instances I can get into the comment box and remember to copy my comment to the clipboard, then at least I get the chance to paste it into an email and send you that when the submit button doesn't work .... but in most instances I'm not even getting that far.<>/p<>pSo, in a nutshell, a big BAH! to Blogger ... I wish I was able to leave more comments, but I'm certainly still reading all your posts! ... hopefully Blogger will de-change whatever they changed but I'm not holding my breath! ... Maybe they did it because they didn't like my helpful message I sent them explaining how much trouble people were having with their spam prevention random words thing, and how both visual and audio challenges were verging on the impossible ... I had a helpful suggestion on how they could adapt this system but I guess they don't like constructive criticism ... I'll save my breath in future! ...

7 comments:

  1. Bummer - I am so easily confounded by computer issues. :(

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  2. Well that'll learn you for trying to help ;o)

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  3. Sorry you're having problems with it all, pretty sure I wouldnt have a clue if I had to do things that way! Good to know you're still lurking quietly... ;-)

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  4. I'm going to see if I can turn off my comments box so that it doesn't turn up as a separate box for you as already turned off the word verification thingymebob.

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  5. I have wondered about the audio version of that 'security task' Now I know. It doesn't help! So sorry you are being discriminated against by blogger. Keep trying though!

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  6. Go to youtube and do some searches on "BLOGGER" - there are many helpful people that have been doing how-to videos on how to get around the "new" design. Just today I figured out how to add tabs to my blog and make it more of a "site" than just a blog.! Glad to see you might be working yourself back into writing more often!

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  7. I hope Blogger sorts it out soon - maybe they could employ you as a consultant/trouble-shooter?!

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