Brad Linder<p>Lilbits: Google Podcasts and Gmail’s Basic HTML head to the Google Graveyard <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BasicHtml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BasicHtml</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GoogleGraveyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleGraveyard</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GooglePodcasdts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePodcasdts</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/KilledByGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KilledByGoogle</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Lilbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lilbits</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linmob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linmob</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linuxsmartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxsmartphones</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Piwrite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piwrite</span></a></p><p><a href="https://liliputing.com/lilbits-google-podcasts-and-gmails-basic-html-head-to-the-google-graveyard/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">liliputing.com/lilbits-google-</span><span class="invisible">podcasts-and-gmails-basic-html-head-to-the-google-graveyard/</span></a></p>
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Brad Linder<p>Google is pulling the plug on the Basic HTML version of Gmail. The stripped down version of Google's email service will go away in January, 2024. It hasn't been updated in years and doesn't support all the latest features, but that's why some people still use it. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/gmail_basic_html_discontinued/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2023/09/25/gma</span><span class="invisible">il_basic_html_discontinued/</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BasicHTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BasicHTML</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/KilledByGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KilledByGoogle</span></a></p>
Pratik Patel<p>It was always my dream to be quoted in The Register. </p><p>The decision has been criticized by Pratik Patel, who describes himself on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> as "a blind technologist … who finds himself championing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> for fun and necessity."</p><p>"I know many <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> people who use <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GMail</span></a>'s HTML view. Not only will they be confused but will be unhappy," he wrote.</p><p>Google killing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BasicHTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BasicHTML</span></a> version of Gmail In January 2024 </p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/gmail_basic_html_discontinued/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2023/09/25/gma</span><span class="invisible">il_basic_html_discontinued/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>The decision has been criticized by Pratik Patel, who describes himself on <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> as "a blind technologist … who finds himself championing <a href="https://noc.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> for fun and necessity."</p><p>"I know many <a href="https://noc.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> people who use <a href="https://noc.social/tags/GMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GMail</span></a>'s HTML view. Not only will they be confused but will be unhappy," he wrote.</p><p>Google killing <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BasicHTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BasicHTML</span></a> version of Gmail In January 2024 • The Register<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/25/gmail_basic_html_discontinued/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2023/09/25/gma</span><span class="invisible">il_basic_html_discontinued/</span></a></p>
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