Yup, I can see how you would do that. The student I had did not use Windows
at all and this was her first computer. Perhaps as I have the opportunity to
teach Windows users I will consider your approach. AS you said, it also
depends on how the particular Mac behaivs which can really govern how the
instruction is rendered. Thanks for some good thoughts and thinkgs to
apply.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: John's hole, mentoring, applacations that work
and more.
David, I use tab too and I have struggled with weather to teach tab or Vo Keys. what I found was that since Vo keys provided more information and especially since the person was a beginner I started dialogs that way. After they would get the hang of that and get all of the pertinant info I would suggest trying the tab key once they understood the dialog. Unfortunatley, tab does not provide as much info in Mac land as in Windows so sometimes it's great and sometimes it's not. I believe the abillity to get consistant information will be the key to intruducing people to the Mac. Yes, it definately is a bit clutzy at furst holding down keys but again, it's a new way of doing things and once you start it turns in to a reflex. It's like developing a habit.
My habit in windows was to use tab and arrows. When I discovered I could use My Mac in much the same way as I use windows, I jumped on it. I also remember thinking at the time that it would have saved me alot of struggle to have learned this way instead of using VO keys for everything. Yes, it is necessary to use the two in conjunction quite a bit and there are some Macs I have had trouble with while trying to use the tab and arrows even though I set them up the same way as I have mine set up, I look at the VO keys though as something of a review senario and tabs and arrows where they work as the more direct mechanisms. I still have not gotten comfortable with using VO keys for things I can use tab and arrows for even though I've worked hard at it.
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