[gui-talk] google has changed and searches are now difficult

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

I haven't read the whole thread yet, but have the following comments:

If you can't backspace or alt-left-arrow out of a page, it is because a new 
window or tab has opened in your browser and this is the first page for 
that new window.

You didn't tell us which browser and screen reader versions you are 
using.  I think you were using Window-Eyes at one time.

Also, are you getting to Google by going to
   www.google.com
or
   www.google.com/ie
or what?  You can set up Google to be the search provider in the box you 
access with ctrl-E.  Or it may be a link from a home page produced by your 
ISP, in which case they may have done all sorts of things to the Google 
search.  Many pieces of software, when you get an update, offer to install 
the Google toolbar, the Yahoo toolbar, etc.  I reject all such 
offers.  Google Desktop Search can also get in the way of normal browser 
behavior, in my experience.

I think we just need a little more information.


At 08:49 AM 12/14/2008, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>I have always enjoyed using Google and has always found the information
>which I have searched for easy.
>
>Google has changed and I find it very difficult to find the information
>which I have been searching for.
>
>Did Google make a big change or did some of my settinhgs cause this problem?
>
>Sometime Google will only provide me with one choice and I cannot get out of
>that site by pressing the back space key.
>
>Can someone provide some info on my problem?
>
>Thanks, Tom Blume
>Voice mail: 206-312-7844
>

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