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

Wed Dec 14 18:16:37 UTC 2011

Or you can try:
http://www.ixquick.com/
It uses headings between the searchresults.

Regards, Marten

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:52:12 -0500 "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net> 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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