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

Wed Dec 14 20:09:42 UTC 2011

I'm a bit confused here.  I see that there are differences on the search page of Google and that there 
is no "screen reader" link, but I am not noticing any real differences in the search.  Am I missing 
something?

I am not able to find a link to get to the search options, though.  There is an "options" link that for 
me does not seem to do anything.  From what I have read, I understand that there are changes there that 
are not good but am wondering how people are getting there.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:02:28 -0800, hawkeye wrote:

>I have had sighted assistance on this.  This is no line to check for
>screenreaders.  There once was but there isn't now.  Been to the start up
>page, been to the homesite, there is no line for screenreaders. 

>-----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 2:29 PM
>To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible

>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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