Re: Google accessible search gone

  • From: Jared Wright <wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:43:59 -0400

FYI Google also has each of its results as a level 3 heading.
On 8/18/2011 2:38 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
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 <mailto:ofbgmail@xxxxxxxxx>
    *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    <mailto: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 <mailto:jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        *To:* ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto: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...'


Other related posts: