Here we go again with facebook

By Lee, 14 March, 2026

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iOS and iPadOS

Ok guys, maybe worth not updating to V552.0.0 if you haven't already. Just updated and the back button has vanished if you go into a post. The only way I've found to come out of a post is either turn on SR which I hate in FB or use the scrub gesture. That does seem to work but it doesn't seem to work everytime not sure why.

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By BlindFolk on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 12:48

Ja, facebook is frustratring again. The scrub gesture is a hit and miss when in a post, and you have to close the app and open it again!

By Lee on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 12:55

As I said in my original post the scrub gesture does work. I ddon't have to close the app unless it doesn't work but oddly most of the time if it does work it dumps me in the status bar. A 1 finger tap in the middle of the screen then does take me back to where I was before. All a bit annoying.

By KE8UPE on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 14:27

Hi,
Has anyone been able to figure out how to edit posts or comments on Facebook with Voiceover?
Why do you think it's so difficult?

By OldBear on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 14:55

Last time I had the edit issue, I hovered my finger over where the edit place was with one hand, and turned VO off with my other, then single-tapped the edit place, then turned VO back on. It worked, but that was a time back, and I don't use the phone to post very often. It did not work any other way, as far as I could find.
Might give it a try.

By Christopher Hallsworth on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 16:47

Hello everyone.

First, the issue of the back button not visible to VoiceOver has been reported through the 'Report A Problem' feature, found under menu/help & support/report a problem. Second, I have always been able to edit a post by opening the navigation bar then selecting edit post. So a non-issue here unless I'm missing something. To edit a comment double tap on the comment and select edit. Again a non-issue here unless I'm missing something.

By Jonathan Candler on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 16:56

This is why I will never take nfb seriously, ever again because they were apparently in talks with FB to help fix accessibility across the board but it seems like that ship has sailed. Lost respect for both companies because FB has an accessibility team which never does their jobs right and NFB is all talk and no action unless they're toying round with miners in their training centers. Yes, I said that because that did happen. Sorry for going off topic.

By Dennis Long on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 17:31

They are all talk and no action. Before anyone points to Vispero giving users of the Home annual license AI page describer, which will be coming on May
13, as seen on Freedom Scientific’s Facebook and Mastodon feeds, the users got that done.