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True that, how ever there are a lot of things still very much broken in the app A lot is fixed, but a lot needs to be improved. I've personally seen smaller companies do better with more complex apps then the fb app and also for the sighted. I'm not trying to be a crank, I'm just stating my observations which are very opinionated.

I did an mp3 file showing all the thing s that work and down't work in the app starting with the things that don't work. I'll email it to them and we'll see what happens.

good luck.

What's New in Version 9.0

• Reply directly to comments on stories by Pages that have this feature turned on
• Group admins can easily review and approve pending posts by group members
• See posts about trending topics highlighted in News Feed on iPad

 

Hi all,
I just started using the Facebook IOS app today (before I used the mobile website). I have a few problems and I'm not sure if it's me or if it's accessibility issues. Please could someone let me know:
1. I often get thrown back to the top of the page while browsing my News Feed. I think this is an accessibility issue, as is the fact that Facebook doesn't always read the name of a person in News Feed, and I have to swipe back and forth for it to repeat.
2. A really important problem is that I don't seem to be able to view comments from my News Feed. Facebook says "2 likes, 2 comments". If I want to read those comments what do I do?? Dubble tapping with one finger just makes VO say "selected". Now, what does that mean? Tapping with two fingers doesn't seem to work either. Or I get taken to a page where I can block the person, which is cool, but I just wanted to read the comments!
3. How do I open a link that someone shares in News Feed?
These are rather big issues for me, I hope someone can help, thanks!
Katrine

Facebook version 10.0 is now available:

"What's New in Version 10.0

• Review what your post will look like and choose whether to remove any suggested links before sharing what you’re reading, watching or listening to
• Create posts even when your connection is weak or you’re in airplane mode, and they’ll be shared once your connection gets strong enough
• Improvements to make News Feed load faster, especially on older phones and tablets"

On the latest version, I can't seem to find a way to change the order of the posts. It starts on top stories, and I normally have it on most recent but now I can't seem to change it.

I'mSorry that I cannot be of more help currently, but I noticed this aspect too! Imore.com has an article posted that tells you how to change this, hop on over to their website and check it out. I would post the link, but I'm not in a position to do this currently. -Andrew-

Follow the steps below. Source: iMore

1. Launch Facebook for iPhone or iPad
2. Tap the More tab at the bottom right
3. Scroll down to the Feeds section (which includes Close Friends tab)
4. Tap the > to the right off Feeds to expand the section
5. Tap on Most Recent

VoiceOver users will find that double-tapping on the "Feeds" heading will expand the list of available feeds. From there, one can just double-tap on a feed and everything works as expected.

Hi Callum,

Are you trying to access the different feeds under the "More" tab at the bottom right corner of the screen? That's where you want to go. In the "More" tab, swipe down until you get to the "Feeds" heading and double-tap. While oiceOver gives no indication that the feed list was expanded, it does expand.

In regards to whether a restore of your phone would help with this issue...the short answer is, "Probably not." In any event, it isn't anything I would recommend as a solution to this particular problem. <Smile>

I'd be patient. It is a slightly tedious process now but there is some logic to it. Still, enough users may complain with this one since people liked the convenience of changing the feed on the main news feed tab.

I want to find one of my friends to post something on their wall. How can I find my friends list in the app?

Hi.

I was wondering how someone would be able to turn off app requests and games. For example, a lot of times I'll get notifications that say something like "Crystal Roen invited you to play Pet Rescu Sogga." Another one is "Kathy Coffin sent you a request in Candy Crush Sogga." Any help would be great. Thanks.

Jay

Go to the More tab on the bottom of the App. Scroll all the way down to Settings, then go to Notifications. Under that, go to Push Notifications. Towards the bottom are the different app notifications. Uncheck the ones you don't want.

In the latest version of the Facwebook app, how does one now get to alternative news feeds such as various friends lists? It no longer appears that such an option is at the top of the main page.

Hello Misty,

To find alternative feeds, such as the Most Recent feed, do the following:
1. Open the Facebook app.
2. At the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, double-tap on the "More" button.
3. Flick through the list until you hear "Feeds Heading." Note: It is quite a way down the list.
4. It appears as though in Facebook 11.0 the Most Recent feed item is automatically displayed if you flick past the "Feeds" heading. If you wish to view other feeds, such as Close Friends, double-tap on the feeds heading.

Yeah it still is and frankly for e it's a bit more streamlined. I personally don't mind it at all. give it a chance instead of not giving it a chance. and yes that is how the sighted do get to the most recent as well.

Hello.
I am getting Facebook notifications from my close friends and from groups, some of them I get only by e-mail and I also have push notifications enabled for a few groups, so I am notified by my Iphone.
Is it also possible to get notifications from pages (not groups but pades) I like?
I am liking quite a few pages and there are some, let's say quite important pages I would like to follow very closely and I do not want to miss any single post.
As many of you know, it is quite difficult to go through Facebook posts and track all of them as they are not sorted in order like it is, for example, on Twitter.
If there is someone knowing how to get it sorted, please, let me know.
Your help will be very much appreciated.
Thank you for your help in advance.

do this in notifications under facebook settings. there soudl be one for pages.

Good luck.

This really baffles me in how they do version numbers. This is like the second or third time they have jump a whole number on the version with very minor update to the app. How strange.

What's New in Version 12.0

• Improvements for reliability and speed

Well, for that matter, Version 12.1 is also out. Same description as the previous comment for Version 12.0.

I have just done an update which I presume came out today. When I went into the notifications tab there was repetition of my notifications. IE. it said each new notification twice as I swiped right through the list. I have reported this to Facebook.

All right, it seems, once again, that Facebook has hidden the ability to access particular Friends Lists. For instance, I hae a particular list containing only friends from my hometown.

So, how does one accessibly limit one's news feed to specific Friends Lists?

For those who haven't updated to Facebook version 22.0 yet, reports from Twitter and other sources indicate that this latest version has introduced an issue in the News Feed area where users' names are spoken twice before the story is read.

I really hate how they stopped being specific about what changes that wer made to the update.

Thanks Michael for reporting this. I can confirm the bug here too. So how can we let the Facebook accessibility team know about this bug? Yeah, I know what you mean Usman. I use to look forward to learning the what's new log and they say they will highlight what's new in the app. Well then the question becomes: how can we access the what's new if it is as they say present in the app? Just my thoughts.

Hi. I tweeted @FBAccess on twitter today and let them know about the latest bug with VoiceOver. I didn't receive any kind of a response, but that doesn't mean they didn't see it, I sure hope they did.

I don't know what the address is, but you might consider looking for that. I haven't noticed this bug. Also, you used to be able to go to facebook.com/accessibility and be able to find the link there.

The facebook accessibility email is

accessibility+772wpy@support.facebook.com

Hope that helps.

Not sure if I'm the only one who's had this, but when swiping through my news feed, voiceover continuously announces "network error". Has anyone else seen this?

According to the monthly update provided by the Facebook Accessibility Team, these are the changes made to their iOS apps during January:

“We improved accessibility of the photo/video edit screens, photo editing tools and sharing photo status updates in the Instagram iOS app. We improved the read back of tab buttons such as “Photos”, “People”, the “News” tab and the main feed and the “Suggestions for you” headers in the Instagram app. We improved the accessibility of the read more popover button in the audience picker, the edit cover photo flow and the privacy explanation screens in our iOS app. We improved the tagging experience and the associated Done and Cancel buttons in the Instagram app. We added a label to the expand(…) button the Pages app. We improved the swipe interaction of tagging people in status updates in our iOS app. We fixed a recent regression where names were announced twice in news stories in our iOS app.”

With Facebook no longer providing release notes with updates, I thought that this was useful to know.

The complete post is at: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-accessibility/january-2015-monthly-update/861619830548410

I'm currently running version 24.0 which came out on 12 February. The release notes are the same so I won't post them, but something I've noticed is it's crashing a lot more often when I try look through the newsfeed. It seems to not let me get past certain stories no matter whether I flick past them or scroll with 3 fingers. And yes, I've done all the methods, closing it from the app switcher, restarting my phone all that.
I think this might be VO related but I'm not sure, I did check the app store reviews but as usual so many people are reporting so many different problems lol.

Anyone else having this?

Has anyone been able, when making an FB post, to select the "Custom" option and to exclude and/or include individual people from your Friends list? I can't seem to figure out how to do this. Could someone help, please, if you've been able to figure it out?

Hello. Just select the people you want to send the post to. This worked a few weeks ago when I did this.