[macvoiceover] Re: Web Browsing.

  • From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:49:08 -0500

This is where I use my trackpad commander.  For example, I have it set to move 
by heading by using command flick left and right, control elements command 2 
finger flick up and down, auto webspots command 1 finger flick up and down, etc.

Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:18 AM, ashley wrote:

> Yes, I agree. THey have done a great job of making web browsing accessible. 
> The only part I don't like, is having to hold down so many keys to get things 
> done. I mean... holding down control, option, command, H just to move to the 
> next heading, in my opinion, is overkill. Yes, you have the roter, but then 
> you have to keep changing the roter settings. I think if they did the 
> following things:
> -ability to use up/down arrow keys to navigate the page, like most other 
> screenreaders
> -single letter navigation (H and shift H for headings, g and shift G for 
> graphics, v and shift V for visited links, T and shift T for tables, etc)
> -make the web pages read more like a text file (this would make selecting and 
> browsing so much easier)
> web browsing on the mac would be so much easier and a hole lot more enjoyable.
> 
> I'm not just trying to have a rant, but, at the moment, I spend more of my 
> web browsing time on the mac trying to remember how many keys do what then I 
> do, say, checking my youtube subscription uploads.
> 
> ash
> 
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> On 23/02/2011 11:57, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> I agree,
>> 
>> In leopard, I avoided the web at all costs.  windows had a faster, more 
>> developed web browsing experience.  That all changed with snow leopard.  It 
>> caught up, and past windows in certain regards to the point where I felt 
>> like windows was no longer needed for the task.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 22, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>> 
>>> Ash,
>>> 
>>> With the item chooser, link chooser quick nav and so on, Safari works 
>>> better than anything I have ever used.
>>> Keith Reedy
>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2011, at 2:03 PM, ashley wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I use quick nav most of the time; it does improve the experience.
>>>> ash
>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> On 22/02/2011 18:06, Gabe Vega wrote:
>>>>> Turn quick nav on?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gabe Vega - Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> (623) 565-9357
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:43 AM, ashley<ash.cox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>   wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> While I've been a mac user for nearly 2 years now, One of th ethings 
>>>>>> I've never been very good at is web browsing. To be honest, I found web 
>>>>>> browsing on the mac almost annoying, probably because i'm used to using 
>>>>>> a windows screenreader, and using just the arrow keys to navigate. One 
>>>>>> of the things in VO that I don't like is constantly having to hold down 
>>>>>> multiple keys, and using the ctrl option lock is just plain annoying.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> However, ranting aside, does anybody have any tips, no of any guides, or 
>>>>>> any useful resources, for using voiceover with safari (or any html 
>>>>>> content area for that matter)?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I love the way voiceover does everything else, but the web experience 
>>>>>> needs to be better.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for any suggestions!
>>>>>> Ash
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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