[gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible

Ray Foret Jr rforetjr at att.net
Wed Dec 14 00:19:54 UTC 2011 

And you know something else Gerald?  There are too many blind people, (mentioning know names mind you), who buy in to Google's false clame to be more accessible; and yet, fail to recognize what Apple®™ is doing for accessibility.  Now, of course, there's no sense kidding ourselves here.  Apple®™ has not done what I would call a perfect job by any means; and, to speak frankly, much work remains, however, if what we see today with this page is an example of Google's commitment to accessibility, The Earth is not only flat, it isn't even real in the first place.  That's how utterly rediculous this is folks.  Just plain stupid!


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On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Gerald Levy wrote:

> 
> You're absolutely right, Ray.  It is a joke that Google pats itself on the back for improving accessibility.  A prime example is Google Chrome.  What have they done over the past three years to make it screen-reader accessible?  Absolutely nothing.  They have become so arrogant and inconsiderate that they don't even provide an easy means of contacting them with feedback or complaints.  I challenge anyone to find a phone number or URL for Google customer relations. Obviously, they don't give a bleep what their users think.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Foret Jr" <rforetjr at att.net>
> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
> 
> 
>> And Google calls itself being accessible and they do this?  And, at the same time, we praise them for being accessible and bitch at Apple?  Hey folks, sorry for the outburst; but, frankly, the hipocracy just doesn't sit well with me.  I mean really.  Google's so-called accessible page is now unsearchable and gives no results; and, now, today, we see this change in the regular preferences page?  Y'all, I am sorry; but, this just is not going to work.  Seperate aint equal.  Since when did we settle for that?
>> 
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>> 
>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>> 
>> Skype name:
>> barefootedray
>> 
>> Facebook:
>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.scroogle.org/scraper.html can help out with the number of
>>> search results.  Bad side of that page is no google ads pop up.On Tue, 13
>>> Dec 2011, Gerald Levy wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> This is all well and good if all you want to do is turn off Google Instant.
>>>> But what if you want to change the number of search results per page from the
>>>> default of 10 to 20 or 50?  Or specify that each search result opens in a new
>>>> browser window?  Apparently, there is no longer any way to accomplish this.
>>>> 
>>>> Gerald
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
>>>> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List"
>>>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:10 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> There's only just some screen readers google recognizes.  nvda at least
>>>>> brought up a message to turn off instant google if you're a screen
>>>>> reader user, and after I connected to the google search page for the
>>>>> first time I had to hit up arrow once then enter to activate it.  Hope
>>>>> this helps.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Don Moore wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I go to google.com, it's on the first page.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
>>>>>> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List"
>>>>>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:03 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I could not find any such link anywhere on the Google Search Settings
>>>>>> page.
>>>>>> Where is this link?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Moore" <don.moore48 at comcast.net>
>>>>>> To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List"
>>>>>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:39 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> There's a link for screen reader users that fixes that.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "hawkeye" <hawkeye at cox.net>
>>>>>>> To: "'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List'"
>>>>>>> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:31 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In my case, I cannot get rid of the autofill feature of google.  I have
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> write the search term in another application and then cut and paste it
>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>> the google edit box.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>> Behalf Of Gerald Levy
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:13 AM
>>>>>>> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi list.  Has anyone else noticed that you can no longer change your
>>>>>>> search
>>>>>>> preferences on the Google Search Settings page?  The radio boxes
>>>>>>> previously
>>>>>>> used to select a particular option under each heading seem to have
>>>>>>> vanished.
>>>>>>> For instance, under the Google Instant heading, On and Off are listed,
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> there are no radio or check boxes to select the option you want.  And
>>>>>>> under
>>>>>>> the Number of Search Results Per Page heading, the numbers 10, 20, 30,
>>>>>>> 40,
>>>>>>> 50 and 100 are listed, but there seems to be no way to select the number
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> want.  And nothing happens when you hit Space or Enter on the Save
>>>>>>> button,
>>>>>>> so there is apparently no way to activate it to save your preferences
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> you could before.  I have tried JAWS 9, NVDA and SA to Go with both IE 8
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> Firefox, but can't select anything on the Search Settings page no matter
>>>>>>> what screen reader/browser combination I try.  Has Google suddenly made
>>>>>>> its
>>>>>>> Search Settings page inaccessible, and is there any work around for this
>>>>>>> problem?  Google seems to be becoming less and less accessible every
>>>>>>> day.
>>>>>>> Maybe the NFB should look into this issue.  Thanks for any feedback.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Gerald
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
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