Comments on: Google’s Visual Verification Gone! (almost) http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15 A Carroll Tech blog about Accessibility Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:50:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joanie http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15#comment-16 Joanie Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:39:04 +0000 http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15#comment-16 I wasn't expecting a reply from the folks at Google, but I just got one: <blockquote> Hi Joanmarie, Thank you for your note and your patience. We very much appreciate your concerns, and we've passed your email along to the appropriate team. <p> Please be assured we're taking this issue seriously. Regards, The Google Team </p></blockquote> I wasn’t expecting a reply from the folks at Google, but I just got one:

Hi Joanmarie,

Thank you for your note and your patience. We very much appreciate your concerns, and we’ve passed your email along to the appropriate team.

Please be assured we’re taking this issue seriously.

Regards,
The Google Team

]]> By: Darrell http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15#comment-15 Darrell Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:22:04 +0000 http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15#comment-15 I just had another thought concerning Googles approach to the partial removal of visual verification. When Network Solutions quietly removed their visual verification from the Whois domain name search, they made absolutely no statements to anyone in the blind community, at least not that anyone in NFB is willing to admit. A similar thing might be happening with Google. I have received absolutely no statements of commitment from Google on accessibility of any kind, yet we may be starting to observe the disappearance of visual verification. Quietly resolving an issue without comment often means that those who caused it have come to realize the wrongness of their actions, are willing to fix it, but are unwilling or unable to admit to anyone that there was even a problem at all. Oh, well, I'm just glad to see that it is starting to be resolved. I just had another thought concerning Googles approach to the partial removal of visual verification. When Network Solutions quietly removed their visual verification from the Whois domain name search, they made absolutely no statements to anyone in the blind community, at least not that anyone in NFB is willing to admit. A similar thing might be happening with Google. I have received absolutely no statements of commitment from Google on accessibility of any kind, yet we may be starting to observe the disappearance of visual verification.

Quietly resolving an issue without comment often means that those who caused it have come to realize the wrongness of their actions, are willing to fix it, but are unwilling or unable to admit to anyone that there was even a problem at all. Oh, well, I’m just glad to see that it is starting to be resolved.

]]> By: Darrell http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15#comment-13 Darrell Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:16:27 +0000 http://blog.carrolltech.org/archives/15#comment-13 Yes! Looks like we might be, in fact, making some progress here. I'm sure it is all thanks to our advocacy for accessibility and wouldn't be happening without our concerted and consistent efforts. I'll have more to say on this and many other things in very short order. I just returned from CSUN; it was a life changer for me! Yes! Looks like we might be, in fact, making some progress here. I’m sure it is all thanks to our advocacy for accessibility and wouldn’t be happening without our concerted and consistent efforts. I’ll have more to say on this and many other things in very short order. I just returned from CSUN; it was a life changer for me!

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