It seems that not only does Google serve up different Search Settings pages
depending on which server you hit, it also appears to serve up different
Search Settings pages depending on which browser you use. Using Firefox 17,
I get a completely different Search Settings page than the one I am now
getting with IE 8. The Firefox Search Settings page is completely
accessible, unlike the IE 8 page. I suspect that Google no longer supports
IE 8 and is pushing users to upgrade to IE 9 or 10.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bissett, Tom" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
I am using IE8 and jaws 14 latest build on XP SP3
I don't know what going on then. I have noticed in the past that I will
look at google at home and then when I get to work I open it and it will
be different from the one I saw at home. Does it serve up different pages
depending on what server you hit?
Tom Bisset
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: September 6, 2013 10:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
Okay, which version of IE are you using? With IE 8, there are no radio
buttons , or combo boxes under any of the headings to select the option
you want. And there is no button to save your preferences. Everything
worked fine on Monday, so at least for IE 8, the format and layout of the
Search Settings page seems to have been changed since then.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bissett, Tom" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
Hi, It does act a little weird.
I find that I have to use the enter key on the items. For number of
results I hit enter on the link and then I can arrow through the numbers.
The same with turn off instant results, I hit enter and it goes into
forms
mode and hit enter again to activate the check box.
To save the settings I found that you need to use the jaws cursor find
the
save button and do a left mouse click. Not pretty but doable
Let us know if this helps.
Regards
Tom Bisset
-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: September 6, 2013 9:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
When I try this address, I get the same Google Search Settings page on
which I am unable to change or modify anything. There are five
headings,but there seems to be nothing under each heading except for
theResults Per Page Heading under which are a list of values from 10 to
50, but no apparent way to select the one you want. Under the headings
Google Instant Predictions and Where Results Open, there is nothing to
select. Previously, I could just turn the virtual PC cursor off with the
JAWS command Insdert-Z to change the search settings, but this no longer
works. Obviously, something is different now.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Hebert" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
To change you're search preferences you have to google.com/preferences
to change you're search settings.
On 9/6/13, Gerald Levy <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi listers. Using IE 8 with XP and JAWS 9, I discovered this morning
that
Google.com has apparently changed its home page yet again, and now I
am
unable to change my preferences on the search settings page. There
seems
to
be no way to turn Google Instant on or off like there used to be, nor
is
there any apparent way to change the number of results per page from
the
default value of 10. And I could not find any button to save the
search
preferences. I tried with the virtual PC cursor on and off (Insert Z),
but
nothing seems to work. I was last able to successfully change my
search
settings a few days ago. I think I heard a brief message that my
browser
was outdated and no longer supported or something like that, which , of
course is nonsense, because IE 8 is the latest bersion supported by XP.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on with Google? Are they
conspiring
with MS to force us to upgrade to Windows 8? Is there any way to
change
the
number of results per page and insure that Google Instant is turned
off,
short of switching to Firefox, which I despise and use only for its
Webvisum
function? Thanks.
Gerald
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