I know that the "S" in the HTTP prefix stands for a secure web page. But
can anyone explain why the Google.com home page that loads with IE 8 has the
"S" in the prefix while the one that loads with Firefox 17 does not?
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "RJ" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
Stand for secure
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
Here is something interesting I just discovered. I checked the address
of my IE 8 Google home page and the prefix is HTTPS, not the usual HTTP,
as it used to be. This leads me to believe that Google has indeed made
changes to it Search Settings page for IE 8 that have rendered it
inaccessible. I have had cookies enabled all along, so my inability to
change my preferences on the Search Settings page is probably not an
issue with cookies. And comparing the Search Settings page that comes
up with IE 8 versus the one that comes up with Firefox 17, I noticed that
the IE 8 version has a heading labled "Google Instant Predictions",
whereas the Firefox version has no such heading. Plus theGoogle home
page that is loaded with IE 8 is completely different than the one that
is loaded with Firefox. So contrary to what others have been
experiencing, for me Google appears to be browser specific, loading
different versions of its home page depending on which browser accesses
it. I suspect that Google has deliberately disabled the Search Settings
page that loads with IE 8 to encourage, or rather, force users to switch
to Chrome or Firefox or IE 9 or 10, which of course, requires upgrading
to Windows 7 or 8.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scorpio" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
Hi Flor,
I won't play semantics with you.
The fact is, you said that Google says you should install Chrome for the
best results. Well, that's been the case with every software developer
in the known world.
Mozilla says you should install their browser because it's open source
and not as restrictive as other browsers.
Apple says you should install Safari for a wonderful browsing
experience.
Before these, you had the turf war between Internet Explorer and
Netscape Navigator.
Regardless of what internet turf war your referring to, the fact is the
same, the webpage does not change.
I've never experienced that which you describe with Google telling me I
should install Chrome, nor have they ever suggested that it would be a
far better experience.
I have never used any other Google page but the one I use now,
http://www.google.com/ and I have always signed in to have my
preferences loaded.
In any case, I still maintain that this is a computer specific problem,
and has nothing to do with Google, or the Internet.
I have a multitude of friends running Windows XP, Internet Explorer 8,
and lower versions of Jaws, and they manage just fine, including myself,
as I believe I mentioned in my previous message that I was using Jaws on
all three systems running all three platforms. I have also pasted the
message you wrote where I inferred my original statement, lest there be
any confusion.
I should also mention that there are many blind people who use Chrome
instead of Internet Explorer or any other browser just fine and without
any problem.
Scorpio
***Original Message***
From: "Flor Lynch" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
Date: Friday, September 06, 2013 10:38 AM
Google want you to download & install their own browser, Chrome. Firefox
is like it and, for several of our purposes, replicates Chrome nearly
and more accessibly, as well as having better keyboard support for
functionalities.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 1:32 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Unable to Change Google Search Settings
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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