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

Wed Dec 14 00:38:59 UTC 2011

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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