RE: Limiting mouse movement to specific axes - vertical, horizontal, or maybe diagonal

  • From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:42:55 -0500

Until NVDA is truly stable I can not switch to it.  

 

Ken

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:58 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Limiting mouse movement to specific axes - vertical,
horizontal, or maybe diagonal

 

Well, like said in other mail just sent now, NVDA does have some forms of
mouse tracking implemented, but anyway...<smile>


Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Ken Perry <mailto:whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  

To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 4:24 PM

Subject: RE: Limiting mouse movement to specific axes - vertical,
horizontal, or maybe diagonal

 

 

Yes I know it does and I know that system access has one of the better mouse
systems.  And I know that Jaws also has all kinds of ways to move the mouse.
What I am saying is when you have a Mac book pro the touch pad becomes a
very nice tool to scroll through web pages, tab through forms, check status
do all kinds of things including enumerate windows that are open.  You can
even spatially tell where things are on the screen by moving around with the
touch pad.  I can see no reason why the screen readers on windows cannot use
the multi touch pads of the notebooks.  Oh wait yes I can they are all too
busy making useless features like research and chat and things.

 

ken

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rasmussen, Lloyd
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:17 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Limiting mouse movement to specific axes - vertical,
horizontal, or maybe diagonal

 

Window-Eyes has a function for limiting mouse movement to vertical or
horizontal directions.  I don't see it used very often by anyone, and people
have probably forgotten that it exists.

 

Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Library of Congress   202-707-0535

http://www.loc.gov/nls

The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of
the Library of Congress, NLS.

 

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 1:39 AM
To: Rasmussen, Lloyd; ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Limiting mouse movement to specific axes - vertical, horizontal, or
maybe diagonal

 

I know this is a little off-topic, but just thinking that sometimes, in some
types of situations, it might be useful/nice to use a physical mouse, but
maybe limit the cursor movement to only vertical, horizontal, or diagonal
axes, etc., and aside from handling mouse movement in certain specific apps,
and then sort of correcting it, I was just wondering if there might be some
utilities etc. out there to help you handle this easily enough, and, while I
can make use of the jaws cursor to do this, and in fact made real use of
drag and drop just the other day for the first time using the jaws cursor,
this type of thing might also be nice to be able to use sometimes when jaws
isn't active as such.

 

Stay well


Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

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