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" <florl...@iol.ie>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
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" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
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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