Re: [orca-list] Our list will be moving to Discourse

[Christian Schoepplein <chris schoeppi net>]

Hi,

moving the list to a webbased service will be the most inaccessible and 
most complicated solution, especialy if it is a discussion plattform for 
and with blind users :-(. Allthough I know the advantages of those 
webforums my expirence is that many blind people will not longer use 
those plattforms because they are to complicated, timeintensive and many 
unecessary content is presented on those sites. We tried to move 
mailinglists for blind people to webbased solutions years ago and they 
are dead now, the people do not longer use them :-(.

This sites are not really accessible in most cases and interacting with 
discussions is complicated or takes at least more time then writing just 
simple emails. Most people know how to handle a mailprogram, but using a 
webbased solution is not always easy for them.

That said, I'd really suggest to move this list to a provider that 
offers webbased access but also email based communication. If 
communication via email is not longer possible, IMHO this forum will be 
used by only a hand full users in future and other alternative, easier 
to use solutions, will come up.

I'll try Discurse ofcourse, but I feel this is the wrong plattform for 
us :-(. The people that made this decission did not have accessiblity 
and inclusion in mind :-(.

Cheers,

  Schoepp