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Starting the experiments: Victim One, Facebook

So, I have started working on some experiments with trying to simulate the experience that a visually impaired person would have on popular social networking sites. Here is the first one:

The task:

  • Search for a friend by name
  • Add the person as a friend

The networks:

  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • Orkut

The tools:

  • Safari
  • Mac OSX VoiceOver

OK, so some initial thoughts. I am using OS X 10.4, and I hear that things are better in Leopard, but let me start by saying that I am not impressed with…

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Posted on Tuesday, November 20 2007.

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