[macvoiceover] Re: oddness with VO and the newest Adium

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:00:50 -0800

Hmm that's the right address.I contacted them and jtey got back to  me right 
away. I have not been at my computer for 3 days so can't check at the moment 
but it might be in my iphone address book.

On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:55, Brett Campbell <blindinnovator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Actually,  I observed this behavior prior to the release of 10.6.5, when I 
> tried out the Adium beta.  I guess I was just hoping it would go away when 
> the main release of Adium came out, no luck.  I tried to contact Adium at 
> feedback@xxxxxxxxx but I got a message saying the server rejected the email
> 
> 
> Brett C.
> 
> On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> Thanks fr your observations. I did not think to try thinking outside the box 
>> in regards to the video updates for 10.6.5.
>> 
>> Let's hope adium can look in to this and try there best and fixit.
>> 
>> Take care.
>> 
>> S
>> 
>> On Nov 16, 2010, at 23:45, "Ron J." <ganahee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>  I haven't noticed the VO issue with Adium's chat area and embedded links, 
>>> but have noticed the inability to move the VO cursor left or right, at 
>>> times, when inside the chat window.  I've also noticed, in places, an 
>>> extraneous character, which, when you use VO-w, is voiced as "Zero Width, 
>>> No break Space".  I've surmised that this could be part of the problem, but 
>>> am not sure.  These problems have manifested themselves in the last several 
>>> updates to Adium.
>>> 
>>>  Also, I've noticed another strange thing, since the 10.6.5 update.  Adium 
>>> has been crashing, for no apparent reason, even with today's update.  I'm 
>>> not certain, but think it's directly related to something in the 10.6.5 
>>> update, as this problem started just after installing it.  FYI, these 
>>> crashes have occurred when I'm not at the computer - they've never happened 
>>> while I've been chatting.  For reference, I'm running a white, 13-inch 
>>> MacBook with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor at 2.16GHz, 4GB of RAM and a 
>>> 320GB hard drive.
>>> 
>>>  I'm told that Apple's big focus in the 10.6.5 update was video drivers, so 
>>> perhaps this could be contributing to the funky interactions between Adium 
>>> and VO.
>>> 
>>>  I did try disabling cursor tracking, prior to interacting with Adium's 
>>> chat area, and that does seem to help.  Excellent suggestion - that and 
>>> sending feedback to the Adium team!  Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Regards to the list,
>>> 
>>> Ron J.
>>> 
>>> On Nov 16, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ry turning off curser tracking. if not try contacting feedback@xxxxxxxxxx 
>>>> THeyarevery quick in responding and have already improeved it a bunch.
>>>> 
>>>> St
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 16, 2010, at 17:50, Mark BurningHawk Baxter 
>>>> <markbaxter38@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I notice that in Adium 1.4.1B2, the version just released today, when 
>>>>> interacting with the chat window and landing on an embedded link, VO will 
>>>>> not go right, only left.  So, if I'm reading back through my chat window 
>>>>> with VO left arrow (or with QuickNav on and just the left arrow), and I 
>>>>> come to a link, the try to go to the right, VO does nothing.  Anyone have 
>>>>> a clue here? :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter
>>>>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
>>>>> • MSN:  BurningHawk1969@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> • My home page:
>>>>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
>>>>> 
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