Scorpio,
As others have indicated, there is the matter of whether you have
cookies turned on or not, and that does have a bearing on your results
from Google. if you have a GMail account and sign into GMail on the Web,
as many blind people do, or if you are a googlegroup owner, as some
blind folk are, that also does alter your Google experience. Indeed, you
begin to see why Google 'recommend' Chrome. Google Chrome works quite
well with JAWS14, and i have used both. Firefox however - as i have
previously indicated - offers better keyboard support overall than
Chrome, and I have compared both. So that blind users of Chrome might
find, upon more familiarlity with Firefox (which is still quite like
Internet Explorer) that, if they used Firefox instead, their experience
with FF may be more rewarding than what they get with Chrome. Lower
versions of JAWS do not support Chrome.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scorpio" <scorpio...@gmail.com>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 2:31 AM
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" <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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