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

Wed Dec 14 21:12:55 UTC 2011

To reach the Search Settings page, go to the Google home page, focus on the 
Search field, and arrow up until you land on the Options link. 
Alternatively, locate the Options link by performing a search for the word 
"options".  Click on the Options link, then arrow down to the Search 
Settings link and click on it to access the Search Settings page.

Gerald

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List" 
<gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible

> 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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