[nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No Longer Accessible

[Joshua Lester]

Thanks for clarifying.
Like I said, in the previous reply, Google has a long way to go, as
far as accessibility is concerned.
I've been introduced to a new search engine, and I like it.
Anyone ever use Dogpile?
Blessings, Joshua

On 12/13/11, Marc Workman <mworkman.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Joshua,
>
> The initial email was talking about the google search settings page.  You
> are talking about the main google search page.  These are not the same.  I
> haven't tried the search settings page myself, but enough people on the
> other list have confirmed this that I have no doubt that it is no longer
> accessible.  Personally, I don't believe I've ever changed the settings
> myself, but I do not like that google has taken away our ability to do so.
> My guess is that it will be fixed fairly soon, and a law suit or threat of
> one will not be necessary.
>
> Marc
> On 2011-12-13, at 3:47 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
>
>> It is accessible.
>> It says, "Screenreader users, click here."
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 12/13/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I am bringing this to your attention as it looks like this change
>>> occurred
>>> just today. Please read on. This company is facing another possible
>>> lawsuit.
>>>
>>> -----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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