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

Thu Aug 1 23:26:42 UTC 2019

I think it is a terrific idea!  Go for it! Thanks.

Sherri

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Goldfield via GUI-Talk
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2019 5:44 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

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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GUI-Talk <gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of David Goldfield
> via GUI-Talk
> 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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