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

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Wed Dec 14 04:53:35 UTC 2011 

Perhaps before we make blanket statements -- statements based upon our
experiences using certain computers and software -- we should consult with
members of our IBTC, Curtis Chong (President of the NFB in Computer Science)
and those who witnessed Google's recent presentations at the National
Center, to see what they promised, what their tentative timetable might be
and how we responded.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:16 PM
To: KrisHickerson at att.net; Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI
Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible

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.


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

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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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>>>>> 
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> 
>>>>> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>> 
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