Re: Google accessible search gone
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:38:39 +0200
Bing actually seems alright in terms of results page structure - in that all
results are heading level 3's, etc., so currently using it now, but let's see...
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: RicksPlace
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Google accessible search gone
Hi Jacob: I agree. I have been playing with the new Google page and not only
is it a pain to heading or tab around in, the heading does get you to headings
but they don't seem to be as clear as in the accessible version,andthe summary
with all the links and, or, onclicks can be slow to try and go through and
tabbing gets messy as well. There was a feature in the Accessible page where if
I typed a word incorrectly I could click on a popup that asked Did You Mean and
I could check the spelling if I made a typo.
But, it is what it is. I just have found using Google now much slower and
less efficient. I am trying to do some searches that would have given me
headings and summaruies that were quick, easy to read and relevant to my search
in the Accessible page. In the new page I get headings that don't seem to have
any identifying diferentiation, the summaries often are unclear and all have
links or onclicks and much of the content seems not to be relevant to my
search. Oh ya, after reading an article I get upt to the top of page and have
to heading all the way down to the last item read, tabbing would not work well
- too many hits. Anyway, it is what it is.
I looked at one yahoo search and it might be a better solution, I'm not sure
yet since I haven't had time to play with it or other search engines.
See you Later Jacob:
PS: I hit the letter "c" from the top of page to get to the search box, or
the search button just below it and that helps. Oh ya, I changed the contents
of the Search Box and found some other words added into it, perhaps they were
suggestions but I had to remove them to modify the search, another little pain.
Rick USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob Kruger
To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:18 AM
Subject: Google accessible search gone
The google accessible search interface, which was here:
http://labs.google.com/accessible/
is now gone/inactive, and when looking for reasoning, I found the following
blog related to google's labs development/experiments, so seems will just have
to go back to using the normal google search for now...:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-wood-behind-fewer-arrows.html
Pity, since the accessible search interface was quite a bit cleaner, and
also ranked search results a bit differently based on the 'cleanliness' of
their content, but anyway.
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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