[macvoiceover] Re: Dashboard widgets.
- From: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:04:57 -0500
Widgets really don't take much memory anyway, unless you are using many many of
them, or just widgets that happen to use many system resources. I always have
my weather opened, and two or three more and it doesn't do anything bad to me.
Everyone who hasen't experimented with these should really get to it... They
are great!
On Nov 21, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>
> Widgets are really working well in Leopard and SnowLeopard. I have checked
> out ESPN and have it set up for football, so I can keep track of my Colts, I
> have been able to look at a word in dictionary and the list goes on.
>
> Remember to close your widgets when you are done with them, in other words,
> don't leave a bunch of them open at one time, because they take system
> resources.
>
> You can bring up a list of commands by pressing, VO keys-h twice. Here are
> some commands I think you will find helpful.
>
> To Select a Widget
>
> VO keys-f2 twice for the window chooser and arrow down to the widget bar.
> Press VO keys-spacebar and arrow down through your list of widgets. To
> choose the one you want press, VO keys-spacebar.
>
> To close a widget, Vo keys-command-f2 while you are on the widget, or, the
> name of the widget and Voiceover will tell you to press return to close the
> widget.
>
> *** When you set up your weather widget for your area, if you close it, you
> will lose your settings.
>
> If you want to change the behavior of your widget, for instance in the ESPN
> widget if you want to change from football to basketball, just go to the info
> button, click on it and you will find a popup button which you can use to
> change sports.
>
> Here is the way to find new widgets, now over three thousand, news, weather,
> sports and so much more.
>
> From the widget bar, choose widgets and press VO keys-Spacebar. In this list
> you can VO keys-right and left arrow through your listed widgets and uncheck
> them to disable them. Voiceover keys-shift-end to the end of the list and
> then VO keys, left arrow back a couple of times to more widgets and press VO
> keys-spacebar and go widget hunting. Not all of them will work because of
> there graphic nature, however, you will find that a good number of them will.
>
> Keith Reedy
> wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx
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