[macvoiceover] Re: IMPORTANT! FROM THE LIST ADMIN, off topic messages, please read!

  • From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:03:45 -0500

Keith, Thanks, I understand what you are trying to do and my question was
not meant to be negative in any way, but this does raise a more general
issue.  Some of the questions people ask on this list have as much to do
with learning the Mac as they do with the specifics of VoiceOver.  Given
that many of us are on this Mac learning curve, would you suggest that we
find another list on which to ask more general Mac questions?  If so, can
you direct me to such a list?

Please understand, I am not trying to be picky here, I am, however, trying
to give you what you want, but that requires asking a few questions.

Neal

 

-----Original Message-----
From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Reedy
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:58 PM
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: IMPORTANT! FROM THE LIST ADMIN, off topic
messages, please read!

Hi Neal,

As for me, I would think that this is a Voiceover question.

Neal, I don't want to drive this thing in to the ground, I am just trying to
get us all to filter our messages before they go out on the list, ok?

Keith Reedy


On Apr 28, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Neal Ewers wrote:

> Hi Keith.  It seems to me that, especially for beginners like myself, 
> it is sometimes hard to know if you are asking a VoiceOver question as 
> apposed to a general Mac question.  Take my following post for 
> example.
>
>
> Hi all,  Do I just have a slow computer?  On the BCT page, if I press 
> control option command H to go to headers, it takes about 5 seconds to 
> get to each header.  When I try to bring up a link list, it takes 
> about 30 seconds.  Anyone else have this problem?  I'm guessing my Mac 
> Mini is not the fastest kid on the planet?  Thanks.  And thanks for 
> the help on finding the preferences.
>
> Neal
>
> Now, I have no clue if this is caused by VoiceOver, or if it is a  
> general
> Mac question.  I would certainly agree that it doesn't teach people  
> about
> using VoiceOver directly, but if there are problems regarding slow- 
> downs
> that perhaps result  when using VoiceOver, this is, I think, a  
> question that
> VoiceOver users need to know.
>
> So, tell me where the thin line is here and I will be happy to abide.
>
> Thanks for dealing with this issue.
>
> Neal
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Reedy
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:41 PM
> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [macvoiceover] IMPORTANT! FROM THE LIST ADMIN, off topic  
> messages,
> please read!
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Boy, I hate to write these kind of messages.
>
> Last week we had several hundred messages come over the list and  
> several of
> them according to the list guidelines were off topic.
>
> First of all, lets take a look at what we are trying to do with this  
> list
> and that is to learn and USE Voiceover with the MAC, so when you  
> write your
> message, ask your self, does this have anything to do with learning  
> and
> using Voiceover with the MAC? If it does not, please put the letters  
> "OT"
> for offtopic, in the subject line, so that the rest of us can choose  
> to read
> it or not.
>
> Folks, please help me with this.  This list has become a great place  
> to
> learn about Voiceover, but, we can't learn with helpful messages  
> intermixed
> with off topic messages.
>
> This list will soon reach 100 members and we can be a help to many  
> if we
> will just stay with in the guidelines.
>
> Thank you so much.
>
> Keith Reedy, list admin
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