[GUI-Talk] More about the New Google News Layout

Thu Aug 1 21:58:44 UTC 2019

I'll be sure to suggest it tonight. So far, the only two feedback reports I
sent through "Send Feedback and "Accessibility Feedback" detail the card way
is inaccessible for screen readers and why. But my previous feedback doesn't
give Google anything to make it better...

I was thinking, the suggestions should be radio buttons, one for "Cluster"
and one for "Card." And the heading should read something like "Google News
View Settings" or whatever Google wants to name it. Then, you could just
press "Save Changes" and be on your way. By the way, the reason Google
changed the layout to "card" was to match the look on mobile computers and
tablets. One article read said the card layout made things look cleaner, but
I think they were writing from a sighted perspective because it doesn't read
as clean to me...

Jen

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Subject: Re: [GUI-Talk] More about the New Google News Layout

Jen,

Your suggestion is excellent and is likely something Google could do.. 
Yes, please do suggest it to them.

On 8/1/2019 5:31 PM, Jen via GUI-Talk wrote:
> Hi David and all,
>
> I didn't realize this new card design was going to happen until it took me
> by surprise on July 13. I thought it was just a test because when I
searched
> one time on that day, the "articles on their own headings" layout was
there,
> but that night, the card layout came back. I started googling the design,
> and then I read Google had actually announced it was making this new
design
> on Twitter. And even then, many commentators hated it. I am using Internet
> Explorer 11 with JAWS 18 (not 2018.) Even now, many, many sighted people
> hate the new card layout, too. The old layout is called the "cluster
layout
> because each topic had clusters of stories. With the cluster layout, you
> could also see (as a sighted person, too), when the articles were
published.
> And you could go right past duplicates, too. Anyway, One sighted
commentator
> asked what if the card layout went into Google Search eventually? Which is
> an excellent point. Which would be a huge problem for screen readers.
>
> I would like to send another feedback report to Google tonight after I
check
> the news tab, if the card layout stays. I would like to make a suggestion
> that Google make a setting in their "Settings" menu that lets you choose
> what layout for news you want, cluster (headings style) or card (the new
> way.) What do all of you think of this suggestion? Would it be feasible
for
> Google to do it?
>
> Jen
>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 5:07 PM
> To: Jen via GUI-Talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: David Goldfield <david.goldfield at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [GUI-Talk] More about the New Google News Layout
>
> Hi.
>
> Here are my experiences using Google News as of a minute ago. I
> performed a search using two different browsers, Firefox 68 and Chrome
> 76, using JAWS 2019 as my screen reader.
>
> Currently, I am receiving the older interface with each article
> beginning at its own heading. However, I have no doubt that your
> experiences are true as site developers have the ability to roll out a
> new experience to just a small percentage of users. I think that you are
> correct to be concerned and that you should continue reporting your
> experiences to Google, particularly publicly on social media such as
> Twitter. It's also important to let them know why this newer experience
> is problematic for users of screen readers. Thanks for alerting us.
>
>
> On 8/1/2019 4:09 PM, Jen via GUI-Talk wrote:
>> So here is more information about the new Google News layout. Google
> changed
>> the layout of the tab when you search for something and press Enter on
>> "News." On July 13, Google changed the layout so instead of each article
>> being a heading, each story is now in a card-like format. Apparently,
each
>> publisher has a visual icon on the card that shows up. The new layout
>> changes the way JAWS interprets the news page so it now reads the article
>> title as non-link text and the publisher's name as the visited link. This
>> layout makes it so 1, you have to scroll a lot more and 2, JAWS can't
>> correctly tell you what link you visited. I sent Google feedback about
> this
>> twice through Google Chrome. I really hope Google changes their layout
> back.
>> For those of you who use Google News, have you seen the new layout, and
> what
>> is your opinion of it?
>>
>>
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