[nfbcs] What's different about Google and JAWS?

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Wed Jul 6 02:08:35 UTC 2011


GOOGLE may be selecting a different page from its many presentations for you. Try clicking on http://www.google.com/ie and then the original page and see if that fixes the problem. May be able to put a different page in your Google cookie.

Mike

On Jul 5, 2011, at 21:41, "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I guess I didn't clarify.  The thing is that I no longer see the cached link
> or anything like that.  I just see the first thing that you would hit enter
> on, arrow down and see the two buttons, and then arrow down again and see
> the URL.  Nothing else.  It just moves to the next search.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Alan Wheeler
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:14 PM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] What's different about Google and JAWS?
> 
> If you arrow down past a link on the google results page that is labeled
> "cached", you will find an excerpt of text from the site linked to above.
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Aran_A
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 5:10 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List; Jim
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] What's different about Google and JAWS?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have the same problem, and I don't like it either.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net>
> To: "Jim" <jp100 at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:58 AM
> Subject: [nfbcs] What's different about Google and JAWS?
> 
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'm wondering if it is I who sees a difference in Google, or if 
>> something really happened that is different when I use it with JAWS.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For instance, whenever I do a search, I'm used to there being some 
>> sort of little summary blurb under the link to enter for the search.  
>> That doesn't happen any more.  Instead, I get two buttons.  One says 
>> "Recommend this page" and the other just says "Unlabeled 2" button.  I 
>> hit the down arrow once more and it just gives the URL.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> There's no longer any summary, and I sometimes don't know if that's 
>> really what I want to hit enter on.
>> 
>> Does this have to do anything with that Google Instant, because I 
>> always get a message that lets screen reader users know that they need 
>> to hit enter to turn it off.  I do that.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Anyway, if anyone has any answers, let me know.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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