[macvoiceover] Re: Dashboard widgets.

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:19:41 -0700

Ok the funny thing is I was trying to customize my weather widget but I could 
not find an info button from with in the weather widget.

Take care.

S.
On Mar 22, 2010, at 7:21 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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