[macvoiceover] Re: Lion is frustrating in 3 areas
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:45:56 -0600
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
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> 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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