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

Thu Dec 15 02:10:12 UTC 2011

I haven't heard of it.  What is it like and how accessible is it 
with JAWS? Can you send us the URL? Here's an idea: how about 
making a search engine or at least an option on an existing one 
to only come up with accessible sites as search results? I hate 
when I Google something, and it comes up with a bunch of hits, I 
try clicking on the first three or four links and none of them 
are accessible! Would this idea be possible?

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:01:58 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page 
No LongerAccessible

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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