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

[Carly]

YAHOO seems to be more accessable, than Gmail.At 03:59 PM 12/13/2011, 
Joshua Lester wrote:
>I haven't had any problems doing searches.
>Navigating other parts of the site, may be a problem.
>Even GMail's audio Captcha is inaccessible.
>It won't play.
>Google has a long way to go, as far as accessibility is concerned.
>Blessings, Joshua
>
>On 12/13/11, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Joshua,
> >
> > I just looked at this myself and, to my knowledge, they are using sliders
> > that you can slide with a mouse instead of combo boxes, 
> checkboxes and radio
> > buttons. These sliders, of course, are not accessible with JAWS and NVDA.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> > Of Joshua Lester
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 3:48 PM
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] FW: [gui-talk] Google Search Settings Page No
> > LongerAccessible
> >
> > 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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