Here’s a little ironic twist for you: I sent a message to both my Senators and Representative, and one of the Senator’s email responses contains a privacy release form link . . . which is inaccessible. Meanwhile, when I tried to locate a contact form for Claudia Gordon, who is ostensibly the liaison between the President’s administration and the disability community, the only thing I could find was an offer to contact the White House, since she is the disability liaison for the White House’s Office of Public Engagement. How likely do you think it is that my message will get through that barrage of correspondence? Cherie, could you please clarify what you mean by “legacy solutions”? My husband works in a federal building and sees a reasonable number of disabled employees working for the various agencies. Christine
> On Jun 16, 2015, at 9:15 PM, Cheree Heppe <che...@dogsc4me.com> wrote: > > Windows doesn't help much on USA Jobs. The Feds dodge most real disability > accommodations in favor of legacy solutions that have not worked in the > mainstream. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 16, 2015, at 16:11, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: >> >> Sounds like something to be reported directly to the President's liaison for >> people with disabilities. Let's face it, sometimes the fastest avenue to a >> solution is a human who resonates with the problem. >> Kare >> >> >>> On Tue, 16 Jun 2015, gs wrote: >>> >>> I mean I hate to seem so hopeless when it comes to using the Mac with the >>> USAJOBs site, but I have not had good luck with it even when changing user >>> agents. And I know employment is a serious thing. So when there is a job >>> that closes in two days or maybe just a few hours and you are trying to >>> find a reliable method to complete the application process, the last thing >>> you want are these kinds of issues. So for those times, use Windows at this >>> point. We need to probably try to work together to get these issues >>> resolved for the future. >>> >>> I agree that it is a shame that we have standards that are supposed to >>> insure federal government web sites work with assistive technologies and in >>> some cases they just do not. Since the USAJOBS site was "updated" in either >>> late 2011 or early 2012, it has been far less accessible with whatever >>> screen reader you choose. And it's hard to stay motivated enough to >>> document and report each issue if that's what we're expected to do. It >>> would be nice if enough forethought was applied that things would just >>> work. But that's a utopia we may never enjoy. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear All: >>> I am at my wit’s end. I am using a MacBook Air, running Yosemite, and I >>> have tried Safari and Internet Explorer 10. I attempted to apply to an >>> on-line job on a federal government website specifically for that purpose. >>> 1. When I used Safari, I kept getting messages that it quit unexpectedly >>> and either hit Ignore and things were as they had been before this >>> happened, or I had to hit “reload page”. >>> In addition, every time I tried to execute the last task required, it would >>> not go through, yet the system said I had executed the task. (I checked >>> with a Human Resources person who indicates that none of my attempts have >>> gotten through.) I also kept getting warnings that I had no documents >>> saved to my account, even though I definitely do and they were actually >>> being listed, and the correct one was selected. >>> >>> 2. When I used Internet Explorer 10, I did not get the quitting problem, >>> but had the same problem with the same warning that I had no documents >>> uploaded to my account, despite the fact that they were listed and the >>> correct one selected. Again, I could not get past a certain point in the >>> process. >>> >>> 3. I ad my daughter, also blind and using a Windows PC with Firefox, fill >>> out the application. It seemed to go smoothly; we got to “Finish” and >>> received a message to check my status for updates. When I checked my >>> status, it said “Received”. However, the Human Resources specialist >>> checked last evening and this morning, and my application is nowhere to be >>> found. >>> >>> So: >>> a. Has anyone successfully used a federal government website; I am >>> especially interested in hearing from anyone who used >>> usajobs.gov <http://usajobs.gov/> specifically. >>> >>> b. Can anyone fathom what might be going on? Is there anything in >>> particular I should try, or anything I should bring to the attention or >>> suggest to the Help desk? >>> C. They apparently work with Career Connector, overseen by Monster.com >>> <http://monster.com/>. Although I saw a list that stated that Safari is a >>> compatible browser, Monster.com <http://monster.com/>’s help desk said >>> Safari was not compatible, which is why I used Internet Explorer 10. >>> Just a note: I did reboot several times, emptied my cache and history, and >>> refreshed the screen after going into the user agent menu and suggesting a >>> different browser. >>> I would truly appreciate help here; if I have to write to an HR person for >>> each and every federal job application, things are going to become very >>> tedious very fast, and frankly, there is no earthly reason why I should not >>> be able to do this with commonly used technology. >>> >>> Thanks so much in advance. >>> Christine >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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