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

Ray Foret Jr rforetjr at att.net
Wed Dec 14 06:43:42 UTC 2011 

I, for my part, am skeptible.  I still stand by my initial statement that there is rank hypocracy going on; and, perhaps a little honesty would be in order about what is really going on.  Look, Amazon supposedly made an agreement with us.  What came of that?  I sense a law suit on the way; so, good for us there.  but as for Google?  Well, seems to me that there's somethin not adding up here.


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On Dec 13, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> 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!!!
> 
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
> 
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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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