Google improves Gmail accessibility

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Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:58pm

Google has recently updated its free Gmail web-based email service with a number of changes to improve the accessibility of its interface.

Although the interface looks visually similar to the earlier version, a number of accessibility improvements have been made behind the scenes, including:

  • Keyboard shortcuts (go to Contacts and hit "?" for the full list)
  • Sort by last name (look under "More actions")
  • Custom labels for phone numbers and other fields
  • The ability to undo changes you've just made
  • Auto-saving the changes in contact management
  • Structured name fields, so you can adjust titles, suffixes and other name components
  • A bigger, more prominent notes field
  • Flexibility to set number of contacts per page

The Think Digit website has a detailed outline of the new features Google has added. The Media Access Australia website has more information about access to digital technology and online media.

 


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