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Chrome is lagging behind in reliable web element navigation, and apps that use web views are problematic. #364

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use chrome to do serious web browsing from a blind person's perspective, or 
use an app that features web views as its main interface.
2. Try to navigate said web views using only explore by touch and 
speech/braille.
3. One will quickly notice that the level of web access needed for a totally 
blind person to navigate HTML based interfaces is serious challenge.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The level of web access that totally blind people have had for 20 plus years 
has generally been that elements of the web can be navigated to in an easy to 
use, orderly manner. Blind users generally rely heavily on headings and links 
for quick navigation. Explore by touch does functional, but is inconsistent 
with Talk Back navigation. In any web view, there is absolutely no vibration 
feedback and no Talk Back sounds while navigating. The system jams for at least 
15 to 30 seconds if I try to flick through the web controls. It seems to happen 
pacifically when navigating in or out of a web view control.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I have both a Nexus 7 wifi 2013, and a Moto X on At&t. Both are running Android 
4.4.2 and the latest Talk Back in the Play store, 3.51.

Please provide any additional information below.

Please move it along on web view access for blind users. I love Android and I'm 
quite happy, but I seriously feel like I am excluded from some apps because of 
the level of web access. I'm hungry. I want Pizza hut but there's just one 
little problem, web views hinder the online ordering experience with that app. 
I want to serf Amazon but I can't. Why not? Web views. I manage a CBS Baseball, 
and will soon be in a Football league. I can't manage my teams affectedly. Why? 
Web views, yet again. Please, please fix the web for blind users, and make it 
an easy and enjoyable experience.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by trshar...@gmail.com on 9 May 2014 at 5:20