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

Ray Foret Jr rforetjr at att.net
Wed Dec 14 01:16:09 UTC 2011 

Google Crome is Google's own browser.  Noe. You don't want it.  Why?  We can't use it.  And this, y'all, is a nice bright shining example of Google's commitment to accessibility.


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On Dec 13, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Kris Hickerson wrote:

> What exactly is Google Chrome and is it acccessable?  I keep getting
> messages to download it, but I don't know if I want it or need it or how
> well we can use it. 
> 
> Thanks.
> Kris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jude DaShiell
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:39 PM
> To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible
> 
> Get too dependent on any kind of control and sooner or later, you get an
> internet special haircut for free.  Has anyone in here run google chrome
> with the latest version of nvda yet?  That's 2011_3 for those of you who
> haven't been watching version numbers lately.On Tue, 13 Dec 2011, Gerald
> Levy wrote:
> 
>> 
>> The big problem for me with this alternative Google site is that the 
>> search results page has no headings, making navigation somewhat
> cumbersome.
>> 
>> 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 5:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer 
>> Accessible
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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