Hi
Just letting everyone know that after the latest YouTube update, voiceover will not be able to access the action menus with the rotor item, the action buttons are next to the videos, and next to the notifications in the notification section, double tapping on these action buttons will bring up the same menu, that the actions in the rotor did, for me, I don’t really care because this is exactly how it’s laid out on android so it’s easier for me because I don’t have to think about it as much
By Joshua, 6 March, 2024
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I've already written to google help.
I definetly prefer the older way of doing things, it means you don't have to swipe as much.
Nice
Nice
Youtube app accessibility…
Youtube app accessibility has gone downhill the last couple of months. Search results and related videos are also segmented into at least 3 focusable elements each, when their previous way was just so much more efficient to navigate. I wrote Google support about this as well, and got a vague response back, so we'll see if they'll revert down the line. I'm considering just uninstalling the app and reverting to using it in-browser, as navigating by headings is way more efficient.
what a shock Google makes it less accessible
The other way was much more efficient what a shock Google broke something.
What is accessibility anyhow?
Do we want the same experience and layout as our sighted peers or special accommodations just for us? There isn't one universally right answer, they both have their drawbacks.
they don't.
The bblind way of doing things before this update was to find a video, then you'd be able to flick down through actions and tap on what you want, this decluttered the screen and made it much faster.
Sighted peoples brains, as far as I know, can actually block out all the clutter on a webpage/app so they'd probably not see those buttons next to each video, if that's how it's laid out for them, and if they do, their brain will just ignore it or view it as something that isn't important.
Those buttons are important though
And I think sighted people also like going to a video's channel etc. I get this way is ever so slightly slower, though at least for me on android navigating youtube by containers is about the same experience I had with voiceover. Where this difference in accessibility philosophy really matters is following a tutorial made for sighted users, having a tech support rep walk you through something (or being the tech support rep walking someone through something!), it's good to know exactly how the app is laid out for sighted users in those situations. You can have slightly more efficiency or slightly more accuracy, not both.
You can still get to them.
You just swipe down a couple times, and double tap, it's much quicker. I'm not worried about a sighted person guiding me through youtube because I doubt i'll ever have that experience and if I did, it would be with a person at google who would know this stuff, well, up to a point.
Oh and doing it this way is both acurat and efficient in the fact it works.
Sighted people can see tonnes of things at once, we can't and have to go step by step so if there's ever an easier way for me to do something, I'm taking it.