[macvoiceover] Re: Lion is frustrating in 3 areas
- From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:53:51 -0400
Yup,
Yes and Yes.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx
Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On Oct 11, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
> Hi Ricardo,
>
> I've done both of those things already, but no luck. Is Chrome accessible
> with VO?
>
> I didn't know we could still use web kit with Lion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russell
> On 2011-10-10, at 10:32 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here are some things you can try with safari. First, in VO utilities, try
>> turning off live regions. I believe this is found under the web category.
>> Next, in Safari preferences, select appearances and uncheck display images
>> when the page opens. Keep in mind, turning this off might drive sighted
>> people crazy. lol. You will also want to remember to turn this on if using
>> certain sights like Amazon or Apple because the check out buttons are
>> usually graphics. And lastly, use webkit. It might solve some of your
>> problems. You might also want to try google chrome and lightning which can
>> be found in the mac app store.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Ricardo Walker
>> rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296
>> www.mobileaccess.org
>>
>> On Oct 10, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm becoming quite frustrated with Lion in the following 3 areas… perhaps
>>> there's something I need to change in settings to get things to work
>>> better, I'm not sure.
>>>
>>> 1. Spotlight search. I loved Spotlight search in Snow Leopard. I could
>>> find anything, a file, email message, whatever. All I needed to do was
>>> press command - space, type in a word or two, arrow down a list of results,
>>> press enter on the result and it would open. In Lion, I press command,
>>> space, type in a word or two, then, as I am arrowing down the list, I keep
>>> getting interrupted by the message, "system has new window". If I can
>>> manage to get VO focused on the result I want, when I press enter on it,
>>> sometimes it will open, but most of the time it takes me to some sort of
>>> search dialogue box at which point I need to VO right arrow till I find a
>>> list of results to navigate through… way more cumbersome in my opinion.
>>>
>>> 2. Safari. I find that quite often, instead of a website opening within
>>> the page, I am placed in the toolbar, and quite often cannot get out of the
>>> toolbar. VO right arrow just keeps going around in a loop through the
>>> toolbar, and tabbing does the same.
>>>
>>> 3. Item chooser. In Snow Leopard, I would quite often use the item chooser
>>> to choose a piece of text I knew was on the page. I would get a nice list
>>> of results with the desired text in it, and I could just arrow down the
>>> list, press enter on the one I wanted, and I would be taken right to that
>>> spot on the web page. Now, in Lion, 95% of the time I am presented with
>>> results that have absolutely nothing to do with what I typed.
>>>
>>> Is anyone else experiencing these frustrations? Has something changed in
>>> Lion that I'm not aware of? Any help would be greatly appreciated.!
>>>
>>> Thanks all,
>>>
>>> Russell>
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