[macvoiceover] Re: Mission control & Launch pad useful or not?

  • From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 21:45:10 -0700

Hi Ricardo,

Neither have I!! LOL  I can't drag anything out of the folder I accidentally 
created in LaunchPad!  Will keep at it though!

Thanks,

Russell
On 2012-03-03, at 4:10 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

> Cool.  I stand corrected. lol.  I still haven't mastered the new drag and 
> drop in Lion.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
> www.appletothecore.info
> 
> On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:50 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ricardo,
>> 
>> I just found out that one can, indeed, create folders by dragging one app on 
>> top of another in LaunchPad.  Only trouble is I can't seem to undo it like I 
>> can on my iPhone.  What I did was to drag Keynote on top of Numbers.  A 
>> "Productivity" folder was created with KeyNote and Numbers in it.  I then 
>> decided to  add Pages to this folder, but, something went wrong.  Pages 
>> ended up in a second "Productivity" folder along with iCal, and, I can't for 
>> the life of me drag it out of there!  I'm using the VO comma to mark an app 
>> for dragging and VO period to drag to the place I want it.
>> 
>> Does anyone have any idea how to undo this folder creation?  On the iPhone 
>> it's easy to drag apps out of folders and get rid of a folder that way, but 
>> no such luck in LaunchPad!
>> 
>> BTW: I like using the LaunchPad, aside from the few issues I'm encountering.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Russell
>> On 2012-02-28, at 6:51 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> 
>>> I think mission control is pretty useless for blind users.  Launch pad, 
>>> well, its just another way of opening apps but, I don't find it all that 
>>> useful.  There needs to be some added functionality for VO users like the 
>>> ability to create folders by dragging apps on top of each other like on 
>>> IOS.  After all, this is what launchpad is modeled after.
>>> 
>>> Ricardo Walker
>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>> 
>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 10:11 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not sure exactly how to use mission control or launch pad in Lion with 
>>>> VO.  Are these features that benefit sighted users and not blind users, or 
>>>> are there benefits for us as well?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Russell>
>>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
>>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
>>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>>>> 
>>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
>>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
>>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>>>> 
>>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>>> 
>>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
>>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>>> 
>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>> 
>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>>> 
> 
>> 
>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>> 
>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>> 
>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>> 

>
> Click on the link below to go to our homepage.
> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
>
> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.
> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>
> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to
>  macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web
> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
>

Other related posts: